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Phrasal Verb: Department of Languages (English)
Phrasal Verb: Department of Languages (English)
VERB
About in
around into
round off
at on
away out
back over
down through
for to
up
For example:
I come from Rome.
For example:
The taxi broke down on the way to the airport.
SEPARABLE NONSEPARABLE
Here “gave” and “back” are separated by the object, “the book”. Both sentences are
correct.
If, however, the object is a pronoun like, me, you, her, him, it, us, them, the pronoun
must be placed between the verb and the particle.
Look up
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1.2 Grammar pattern of phrasal verbs
➢ The verb is used without an object (eat out)
We were too tired to cook at home so we decided to eat
out.
NOT: We decided to eat out a meal.
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➢ The verb must have a human object
(ask out sb or ask sb out )
I’d love to ask Sally out.
NOT: I’d love to ask my dog out.
➢The object can be either human or non-human ( look after
sb/sth )
I’ll look after the baby while you are cooking
Will you look after my bike while I’m away?
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Underline the twelve phrasal verbs in
these sentences.
1 I sent off the order last week but the goods haven’t
turned up yet.
2 I came across an interesting book in the library. I took
down the title. Here it is.
3 We asked some friends around to watch a film, but the
video was playing up and it eventually broke down.
4 I brought up this problem at the last meeting. It’s really
time to sort out the problem.
5 I wish he’d stop messing us about! He’s put the meeting
off three times and now he wants to call it off altogether.
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Underline the twelve phrasal verbs in
these sentences.
1 I sent off the order last week but the goods haven’t
turned up yet.
2 I came across an interesting book in the library. I took
down the title. Here it is.
3 We asked some friends around to watch a film, but the
video was playing up and it eventually broke down.
4 I brought up this problem at the last meeting. It’s really
time to sort out the problem.
5 I wish he’d stop messing us about! He’s put the meeting
off three times and now he wants to call it off altogether.
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Match the twelve phrasal verbs from sentences 1-5
in exercise 1.1 above with their meaning from the
box below.
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1send off = post
turn up = arrive
2 come across = find
take down = write
3 ask around = invite home
play up = no work properly
break down = stop working
4 bring up = mention
sort out = deal with
5 mess about = cause inconvenience
put off = postpone
call off = cancel
2. She looked the children after when their mother was in hospital.
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➢ Answer
1. Correct
2. She looked after the children when their mother was in
hospital.
3. Correct
4. We ate out and had a wonderful dinner last night.
5. It was a beautiful summer evening so I asked my new
colleague out for a drink.
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