PHRASAL VERBS

PHRASAL VERBS

WARM UP

Complete the chart

VERB	MEANING
	To locate by search or effort
turn
	To leave a place
Look
	To view with attention or interest
	To receive or come to have possession
check
ask

GRAMMAR

The following words are the most commonly used prepositions

below	excepting	off	toward
above	beneath	for	on	under
across	beside(s)	from	onto	underneath
after	between	in	out	until
against	beyond	in front of	outside	up
along	but	inside	over	upon
among	by	in spite of	past	up to
around	concerning	instead of	regarding	with
at	despite	into	since	within
because of	down	like	through	without
before	during	near	throughout	with regard to
behind	except	of	to	with respect to

So you can say  put out /  get on  / take off  / run away etc. These verbs are phrasal verbs.

We often use out / off / up, etc. with verbs of movement. For example:

Get on:                         The bus was full. We couldn´t get on.

Come back:                 Sally is leaving tomorrow and coming back on Saturday.

Turn round:               When I touched him on the shoulder, he turned round.

But often the second word (out / off / up, etc) gives a special meaning to the verb. For example:

Break down:         Sorry. I am late. The car broke down (=the engine stopped working)

.Look out:             Look out! There is a car coming. (= be careful)

Get up:                 I was very tired this morning. I couldn´t get up. (= get out of bed)

Get by:                  My French is not very good but it is enough to get by ( to manage)

                   Sometimes a phrasal verb is followed by a preposition. For example:

Phrasal verb                       preposition

Run away (escape)            from     * Why did you run away from me?
Keep up (continue)           with      * You are walking too fast. I can´t keep up with you.
Look forward (wait)          to         * Are you looking forward to your holiday?
Cut down (reduce)            on         * Jack is trying to cut down on smoking

Sometimes a phrasal verb has an object. Usually there are two possible positions for the object.So you can say:      

                         Object  
I turned off     the light                                           I turned     the light      off     

                                                                                                   object
  
If the object is a pronoun (it / them / me / him, etc.), only one position is possible:
I  turned   it  off                        Not   I turned off it.


Taken by English grammar in use.

PHRASAL VERBS

SEPARABLE TWO WORD VERBS

ASK OUT	Ask someone for a date
BREAK DOWN	Separate into parts
CALL BACK	Return a call
CALL OFF	Cancel
CALL UP	Call on the phone
CHECK OUT	Investigate; take a book out of the library
CLEAN UP	Clean
DO OVER	Repeat
FIGURE OUT	Solve a problem, find an answer
FILL IN / OUT	Complete
FIND OUT	Discover
GET UP	Make someone leave his or her bed
GIVE BACK	return
HAVE ON	Wear
KEEP OUT (OF)	Not allow someone to enter
LOOK UP	Look for information in a book
MAKE UP	Invent or create
PAY BACK	Return money
PICK OUT	Choose
PICK UP	Clean, go and get someone or something
PUT BACK	Return something to its place
PUT OFF	Postpone
PUT ON	Put clothes on the body
PUT OUT	Extinguish a fire
TAKE DOWN	Destroy, lower
TAKE OUT	Take someone on a date; remove
THROW AWAY / OUT	Throw into the garbage
THROW UP	Vomit
TURN DOWN	Decrease the volume
TURN IN	Give an assignment to a teacher, or a boss
TURN OFF	Stop a machine or light
TURN ON	Start a machine or light
TURN UP	Increase the volume
WAKE UP	Make someone stop sleeping

INSEPARABLE TWO WORD VERBS

BREAK DOWN	Stop working
BREAK UP	To end, to separate
CALL ON	Visit
CHECK IN / INTO	Register at a hotel
CHECK INTO	Investigate
CHECK OUT / OF	Leave a hotel
COME BACK	Return
GET ALONG WITH	Have a good relationship
GET BACK	Return
GET IN / INTO	Enter a car, taxi, etc; arrive
GET OFF	Leave a bus, etc
GET ON	Enter a plane, bus, etc
GET OUT	Leave a place or a car
GET OVER	To recover from
GIVE UP	Stop trying
GO BACK	Return
GO ON	Progress, continue
GO OVER	Review
GROW UP	Become an adult
KEEP ON	Continue
KEEP TO	Conceal, hide
KEEP UP	Stay at the same position
LOOK AFTER	Take care of
LOOK FOR	Search
LOOK INTO	Investigate
LOOK OUT	Be careful
OWN ON	admit
PASS AWAY	Die
PASS OUT	Lose consciousness
SIT DOWN	Stop standing and sit
SHOW UP	Appear; come
STAND UP	Stop sitting or lying and stand
STAY OUT	No participate; not enter
TAKE OFF	Remove clothes from the body / leave
TALK ABOUT	Discuss
TELL ON	To tattle
TURN OUT	Come, go
WAIT ON	Serve
WAKE UP	Stop sleeping
WARM UP	Get ready / exercise for a short time
WATCH OUT (FOR)	Be careful

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