Intermediate 11 phrasal_verbs_complete_2013

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VERB

lookmake

puttake

getrun

bringbreak

turncarry...

up

on

down

out of

over

off

out

for...

+ PREPOSITION or PARTICLE

+

VERB

look

make

put

take

get

run

bring

break

turn

carry

+ PREPOSITION or PARTICLE

for = search

up = invent

out = extinguish

off = leave the ground

over = recover

out of = have none left

up = rear, educate

down = collapse

up = appear unexpectedly

on = continue

VERB+ PARTICLE + PREPOSITION

keep up withkeep up with advance at the same pace

run out ofrun out of have none left

put up withput up with bear patiently

look forward tolook forward to expect with pleasure

literal idiomatic

I’ve taken up golf.Take off your jacket.

Put out the cat.

Look at the picture.

The car broke down.

Only 20 people turned up.

Phrasal verbs express a particular meaning:

PHRASAL VERBS WITH LITERALLITERAL AND IDIOMATICIDIOMATIC MEANING

PUT OUTPUT OUT

I always put output out the cat at night.

Put outPut out the cigarette, please.

(extinguish)


PICK UPPICK UP

Can you pick uppick up the diskette for me, please? I dropped it.

I picked uppicked up some new slang expressions while watching that movie.

(learn)


TAKE OFFTAKE OFF

Take offTake off that funny party hat. You look stupid in it.

The plane took offtook off 10 minutes ago.

(leave the ground)

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Phrasal Verbs

The Things We Do

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Focus on Grammar 3Part II, Unit 10By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and BJ WellsCopyright © 2006. Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Phrasal VerbsPhrasal Verbs

Phrasal verbs = verb + particle

He woke up at 6:30 a.m.

Strangers woke him up.

The particle looks like a Preposition, but it doesn’tfunction as a preposition.

ParticlesParticles

Particles are part of the verb phrase, and they often change the meaning of the verb.

He looked up at the skyscraper.

She looked up a word in her dictionary.

preposition

particle

Using Phrasal VerbsUsing Phrasal Verbs

Many phrasal verbs and one-word verbs have similar meanings.

wake up = awaken

go on = continue

take off = removetake off

Phrasal verbs are less formal and more common

in everyday speech.

Transitive Phrasal Verbs 1


Transitive phrasal verbs have objects. Most transitive phrasal verbs are separable.

He called up his boss to tell him he had overslept.

He called his boss up to tell him he had overslept.

object

object



At the last minute, the bride called off the wedding.

At the last minute, the bride called the wedding off.

The object can come after the phrasal verb or between the verb and the particle.

object

object

No wedding

!

A friend called herher up at work.

Be Careful!Be Careful!

When the object is a pronoun, it must come between the verb and the particle.

A friend called up herher at work.

object

object

Intransitive Phrasal Verbs 1Intransitive Phrasal Verbs 1

Intransitive phrasal verbs do not have objects.

He grew upgrew up in Egypt.

She will hang uphang up before she gets into her car.

no object

no object

First I worked outworked out for an hour.

Then I dressed updressed up and dropped in dropped in at the party.

No one found out found out that I didn’t have an invitation!

Intransitive Phrasal Verbs 2Intransitive Phrasal Verbs 2

Intransitive phrasal verbs do not have objects.

no objects

I make make dinner every night.I make upmake up dinner every night.

Be Careful!Be Careful!

Note the difference in meaning between ote the difference in meaning between make, make, make up make up (transitive),(transitive), and make up and make up (intransitive).(intransitive).

He made up made up a story about Jill and Joe. make upmake up

= invent (transitive)

They made upmade up. They were friends again.

make upmake up = reconcile (intransitive)

phrasal verbs

meaning examples

direct object

INTRANSITIVE phrasal verbs

get up rise from bed I don't like to get up.

break down cease to function

He was late because his car broke down.

TRANSITIVE phrasal verbs

put off postpone We will have to put off

the meeting.

turn down refuse They turned down

my offer.

Phrasal verbs can be:•intransitive (no direct object)•transitive (direct object)

transitive phrasal verbs are usuallyseparable

(CORRECT) They turned down my offer.

(CORRECT) They turned my offer down.

Separable Phrasal Verbs:

When phrasal verbs are transitive (that is, they have a direct object), we can usually separate the two parts.

(CORRECT) John switched on the radio. These are all possible.

(CORRECT) John switched the radio on. (CORRECT) John switched it on.

(INCORRECT) John switched on it. This is not possible.

direct object pronouns must go between the two parts of transitive phrasal verbs

Let´s get it done!Let´s get it done!

• 1. Why do we always talk the weather about?

2. My mother switched the radio off this morning.

3. I will look your letter forward to.

4. He was nice, but we turned down him.

5. I believe in ghosts, don't you?

6. We will have to wait the bus for at the corner.

7. Melissa is going to look after the children.

8. I have to put the baby down while I sweep the floor.

9. Why don't you switch the music over while you wait?

10. Can you go to the store before we run milk out of.

Use each of the phrasal verbs to form three sentences about things that sometimes happen.

The baby often wakes upwakes up the parentsthe parents. The baby often wakeswakes the the parentsparents upup. The baby often wakeswakes themthem upup.

Practice 1Practice 1

wake up = awaken

pick out = select figure out = solve hand in = submit, give

take off = remove make up = create let down = disappoint

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

Example:

What happens before and during a party? Make sentences using the transitive and intransitive phrasal verbs.

I dress updress up nicely.

Practice 2Practice 2

dress up

ask over = invite put on = use clothes

set up = prepare straighten up = make neat

show up = appear let in = allow to enter

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

Example:

run out = not have enough7.

intransitive

intransitive

intransitive