Phrasal Verbs - Lesson 11 B

Phrasal Verbs

Lesson 11B

A phrasal verb is a two-part verb formed by a verb and a particle (preposition or adverb) . The particle usually gives a whole new meaning to the verb.

What are Phrasal Verbs

Get off at Camden Town

Get on the bus!

Turn down the radio, please. It's too loud!

This is your stop, wake up!

To stop doing or to stop having something

give up (sth)

get out

give out (sth)

To leave a room or building, especially in order to do something for entertainment

GET OUT

GO AWAY

GO OUT

To collect, or to go and get, someone or something

GET (sb/sth) UP

PICK (sb/sth) UP

TAKE (sb/sth) UP

to stand up

lift up

get up

rise up

To leave or go out of a place...

come out

leave out

get out

To start to happen or work.

turn on

come out

come on

To cause someone to stop sleeping.

awaken up

wake up (sb)

get up

To stop a piece of equipment working temporarily by pressing a button or by moving a switch.

RUN OFF

TURN OFF

TAKE OFF

To leave a train, bus, or aircraft

To write or type information on a document in spaces that are provided for it.

To have a friendly relationship (with somebody)

Definitions

To put on clothes in a shop to see if they are the right size

To try to find something you have lost

Word order of phrasal verbs

• I'm looking for my glasses. 

• Have you found your glasses? No, I'm still looking for them.

• What time do you get up?
• l don't usually go out during the week

• Put on your coat. Put your coat on. Put it on.
• Turn off the TV. Turn the TV off. Turn it off.

Word Order

Some phrasal verbs have an object and are inseparable, e.g. look for. With these phrasal verbs the verb (e.g. look) and the particle (e.g. for) are never separated.

Some phrasal verbs don't have an object, e.g. GET UP, GO OUT

Some phrasal verbs have an object and are separable. With these phrasal verbs you can put the particle (on, off, etc.) before or after the object.

Grammar/Vocabulary Practice

PHRASAL VERB QUESTIONNAIRE

1. Have you ever forgotten to turn your mobile phone off in a funeral or important ceremony or the cinema? 

2. Do you throw away old clothes or do you give them to other people? 

3. Do you enjoy trying on clothes when you go shopping? 

4. Do you often go away at the weekend? Where to? 

5. Before you go shopping do you usually write down what you have to buy? Do you only buy what's on the list? 

6. Do you enjoy looking after small children? Why (not)? 

7. Have you ever asked your neighbours to turn the TV or the music down? What happened? 

8. What's the first thing you turn on after you wake up in the morning?

Go round

Communicative

Write down

Practice here

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