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Lesson C - Phrasal Verbs

The document provides a comprehensive overview of phrasal verbs, categorizing them into inseparable and separable types, and detailing their usage and forms. It includes examples of common phrasal verbs, as well as specific phrasal verbs associated with the verbs 'break', 'come', 'get', 'give', and 'live'. The document emphasizes the importance of context in understanding the meanings of these phrasal verbs, which often differ from their individual components.

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Lesson C - Phrasal Verbs

The document provides a comprehensive overview of phrasal verbs, categorizing them into inseparable and separable types, and detailing their usage and forms. It includes examples of common phrasal verbs, as well as specific phrasal verbs associated with the verbs 'break', 'come', 'get', 'give', and 'live'. The document emphasizes the importance of context in understanding the meanings of these phrasal verbs, which often differ from their individual components.

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PHRASAL VERBS

INSEPARABLE PHRASAL VERBS

Use:
Phrasal verbs consist of a verb and one or more prepositions. They are often used, especially in
informal spoken English. The meaning of phrasal verbs is often completely different from the
meaning of the verb alone.

Form:
1) Some phrasal verbs never use an object.
get up = get out of bed
I get up at seven o’clock every morning.
take off = leave the ground
The plane took off on time.
look out = beware! be careful!
Look out! That car is going to hit you!
get on = be good friends
My dad and my brother don’t get on.
break down = stop working (for vehicles)
Our car broke down on the way home from Scotland.
make up = become friends again after an argument
The kids often fight but they always make up afterwards.

2) Some phrasal verbs need an object.


get on / off something = exit transport
Get off the bus at the next stop.
look after someone / something = take care of someone / something
Please can you look after our cats while we’re on holiday?
see to something = do, arrange, prepare, organise
Don’t worry about dinner. I’ll see to it.
look into something = investigate
There has been a burglary at the school. Police are looking into it.
get to = arrive at
When you get to the end of the street, turn right.

3) Some phrasal verbs contain three words and an object.


look up to someone = respect someone
I look up to my teachers.
look forward to something = be excited about (a future event)
I’m looking forward to the party.
get on with someone = be good friends with someone
I don’t get on with Karen.
get on with something = continue doing something
Please be quiet and get on with your work.
put up with something = tolerate
I can’t put up with that noise any longer!

SEPARABLE PHRASAL VERBS

Use:
Separable phrasal verbs consist of two parts. They always require an object.
They are often used, especially in informal spoken English. The meaning of phrasal verbs is often
completely different from the meaning of the verb alone.

Form:
1) The object of a phrasal verb can go either between the verb and the preposition orafter the
preposition.
I handed in my homework.
I handed my homework in.

2) If the object of the sentence is a pronoun, it must go between the two parts of the phrasal verb.
I handed it in NOT I handed in it.

Examples:
Some common separable phrasal verbs:
pick someone/something up = collect
Please can you pick me up from the station?
drop someone/something off = take and leave/ deposit
I dropped John off outside his school.
throw away = discard
I threw all my old school papers away.
write down = note
I wrote Sally’s phone number down on a piece of paper.
make up = invent
Henry likes to make stories up about dinosaurs.
take back = return
This shirt is too small. I’m going to take it back to the shop.
let down = disappoint
James studied hard because he didn’t want to let his parents down.
turn down = reject
The company offered me a job, but I turned it down.
wash up = wash (dishes)
Can you wash your plates up please?
take off = remove (clothes)
Please take off your shoes before you come inside.
put on = dress in (clothes)
You’ll need to put a coat on. It’s cold.
turn up / down = increase / decrease volume/ temperature
Can you turn the music down please? It’s very loud.
try on = wear and test (clothes)
Please can I try on these trousers?
give up = stop doing something.
She smokes a lot, but she wants to give it up.
take up = start doing something (a new hobby)
I’ve decided to take up running.

PHRASAL VERBS WITH BREAK

• Break down: stop operating or functioning


“The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town”
• Break out: escape suddenly
“Nobody can break out-this prison is high security”
• Break off: discontinue, stop (prevent completion)
“Break off the negotiations”
• Break in, break into: enter someone’s (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized
manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act.
“Someone broke in while I was on vacation”
“They broke into my car and stole my radio”
“Who broke into my account last night?”
• Break up: destroy the completeness of a set of related items
“The book dealer would not break up the set”

PHRASAL VERBS WITH COME

• Come across: Chance on, happen upon, attain, discover (find unexpectedly)
“The archeologists came across an old tomb”
“The hikers finally came across the main path to the lake”
• Come across (2): Communicate the intended meaning or impression.
“He came across very clearly”
• Come after: come after in time, as a result.
“A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake”
• Come back: return
“I’ll come back and collect you after dinner”
• Come down with: get sick
“She came down with the flu last Friday, and now she is in bed”
• Come on: develop in a positive way
“My plants are coming on nicely”
• Come on (2): hurry up
“Come on! We will miss the bus if you don’t speed up”
• Come into: inherit / obtain, especially, accidentally
“He came into a fortune when the family business was sold”
• Come to: revive, resuscitate (return to consciousness)
“The patient came to quickly”

PHRASAL VERBS WITH GET

• Get up: get up and out of bed


“I get up at 7:00 am every day”
• Get in, get into: secure a place in a college, university, etc.
“After good exam results she got into Cambridge University”
• Get off: Leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.
“They got off the bus”
• Get on, get along: Have the smooth relations
“My boss and I get along very well”
“She gets on with her sister”
• Get over: to bring (a necessary but unpleasant task) to an end
“Let’s get this job over with”
“It’s a question of getting over an unpleasant task”
• Get together: get people together
“Get together all those who are interested in the project”
• Get through: finish a task completely
“I finally got through this homework assignment”

PHRASAL VERBS WITH GIVE

• Give up: give up with the intent of never claiming again


“She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti”
“We gave the drowning victim up for dead”
• Give in: yield to another’s wisher opinion
“The government gave in to the military pressure”
• Give out: distribute/give to several people
“The teacher gave out the exams”
• Give back: pay back/return
“Please give back my money”
“I’ll give you your bike back tomorrow”

PHRASAL VERBS WITH LIVE

• Live up to: meet the requirements or expectations of


“He found it hard to live up to his father’s reputation”
• Live in, sleep in: Live in the house where one works
“Our babysitter lives in as it is too far to commute for her”
• Live off: to only eat a particular type of food
“He lives off pizza and beer”
• Live through: experience a history event
“His parents live through the war”
• Live together: share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live
together as a couple.
“They have been living together for several years”

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