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L7 PHRASAL VERBS
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phrasal verbs
VERB + PREPOSITION = NEW MEANING
BREAK UP
Most phrasal verbs are separable: the object can come before or after the preposition.
Please turn the projector on. Please turn on the projector.
If the object is a pronoun, it must come before the preposition.
Please turn it on.
SEPARABLE INSEPARABLE
call back
look after
to return a call
to take care of somebody
He saw the missing calls and called me back 1 hour later.
Laura is looking after her little sister while their parents go to the cinema.
SEPARABLE
phrasal verbs #1 - separable
bring up --- get across --- look up --- make up --- pick up --- --- --- point out ---
to start to talk about a subject. To introduce a subject into a conversation or discussion. to be communicated or understood; to succeed in communicating something. to try to find a piece of information by looking in a book or on a computer. to invent something, such as an excuse or a story. to learn a new skill or language through practice. to collect somebody in your car to go somewhere. to take something and lift it up. to make a person notice someone or something.
These phrasal verbs are always separable when the object is a pronoun (me, you, him, her, it, us, them). They are normally not separable when the object is a longer word or phrase.
INSEPARABLE
phrasal verbs #2 inseparable
two-parts verbs
come up --- get over --- go over --- look after --- look for --- take after ---
to happen. to be mentioned. to overcome a problem. to examine or check something carefully. to be responsible for or to take care of someone or something. to hope for something; to expect something. to look or behave like an older member of your family.
phrasal verbs #3 inseparable
three-part verbs
come up with ---get away with --- ---look up to --- put up with --- read up on ---
to think of or suggest an idea or plan.to steal something and escape with it. to receive a relatively light punishment. to admire or respect somebody. to accept somebody/something that is annoying, unpleasant, etc. without complaining to read a lot about something to learn more about it
Three -part verbs are always inseparable.
PHRASAL VERBS
Choose one of the following options to complete the sentences: get over get away with take after came up with look after looked up go over made up looked up to getting across
1. Don't worry about me—I can ____________________ myself. 2. I hope the children don't ____________________ their grandfather. 3. He ____________________ some excuse about his daughter being sick. 4. I ____________ it ______________ in the dictionary. 5. He was disappointed at not getting the job, but he'll ____________________ it. 6. ____________________ your work before you hand it in. 7. He's not very good at _____________ his ideas _______________. 8. I've always ____________________ my older brother 9. She _________________ a new idea for increasing sales. 10. He was lucky to ____________________ only a fine.