PHRASES, FORMS

& FUNCTIONS,
VERB TYPES
Chapters 3, 4 & 5
Key Terms
◦ Subject and Predicate
◦ Complements
- dO, iO, sC, oC
◦ Adverbials
◦ Verbs and Functions
- Transitives, Intransitives, Ditransitives, Intensive / Copula, Complex-transitives, Prepositional, Phrasal, Phrasal-
prepositional
Wh Questions: WH + Aux + S + MV
 Prepositional Verbs

◦Answer: The man leant against the wall.

( did + lean)
Aux + MV
◦Question: WHAT did the man lean? X
WH- + Aux + S + MV

WHAT did the man lean against? √

 Prepositional Verbs

◦Answer: Amir is waiting for his mother .

(is + waiting)
Aux + MV
◦Question: WHO is Amir waiting? X
WH- + Aux + S + MV

WHO is Amir waiting for? √

 NOT a Prepositional Verb

◦Answer: The sun rises in the east.

(does + rise)
Aux + MV
◦Question: WHERE does the sun rise? √
WH- + Aux + S + MV
WHERE does the sun rise in? X
Prepositional verbs
Prepositional verbs
 Phrasal Verbs
◦ The store dropped off the bed on Tuesday.
(verb + particle)

◦ The store dropped the bed off on Tuesday.

(verb) (particle)

BUT, Prepositional verb: She always deals with difficult customers. √

She always deals difficult customers with. X
 Phrasal Verbs

◦ Khairy switched on the light. √

◦ Khairy switched the light on. √

◦ They called up the President. √

◦ They called the President up. √
◦ They called the President. √ (trans)
 Phrasal Verbs

◦ Trans: They covered up the scandal.

They covered the scandal up.

◦ Intrans: She gave up.

Phrasal verbs
Phrasal verbs
Phrasal prepositional verbs
Phrasal prepositional verbs
TO RECAP…
EXERCISES
 EXERCISES
8. My mom looks after our kids after school.
9. We look forward to it on Sunday.
10. Her dad woke up at 7 a.m. this morning.
11. He always looks up every new word in a dictionary.
12. The plane took off an hour late
13. They caught up with us in a minute.