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Phrasal Verbs

CONSİSTS OF A VERB(PUT,TAKE,SHOW, GET, COME...) AND ONE OR


TWO PARTİCLES(OFF,OUT,BY,UP, BACK...)
PHRASAL VERBS
Phrasal verbs are phrases that indicate actions. They are generally used
in spoken English and informal texts. Examples of such verbs
include: turn down, come across and run into.

Verb Preposition/adverb

get up
go through
write down
take after
The meaning of Sometimes, it is difficult to understand the meaning of phrasal

phrasal verbs verbs. Before looking them up in a dictionary, it would be helpful to


use the context to understand them.

Some phrasal verbs have a literal meaning. They can be easily understood.

EG: She opened the door and looked outside.


She was walking across the street when she heard the sound of an explosion.

Phrasal verb Meaning Example


look for search/seek He is looking for his keys
look up to have a great deal of respect for His father is his model. He is
a person the person he looks up to.
look forward to await eagerly/anticipate with She is looking forward to
pleasure visiting Paris.
look up to try to find a piece of She didn't understand the
information by looking in a word. So she looked it up in her
book or on a computer: dictionary
Idiomatic meaning

Phrasal verbs can also have a figurative or idiomatic meaning which makes them difficult to
understand.
•Can you put me up for tonight?
• The phrasal verb 'put up' here does not mean to build (as in putting a fence up). It has, however,
an idiomatic/figurative meaning. It means to let someone stay in your house.
The grammar of phrasal verbs

TYPE 1 : P.V. with no TYPE 2: P.V.which can be TYPE 3: + OBJECT. P.V.which


object(intransitive) They are separated by an object cannot be separated by an
never separated. object (transitive)

• Come in/get up • Write sth down / Write • Look after


• (Arrive) down sth • Look the baby after
• I get up at 8. • Turn on the TV OR Turn • Look for your keys
the TV on. • Look your keys for
Look up
Check in
Go to a desk in an Inf(of a business,sb’s
airport or hotel and tell situation,etc.)get better.
an official that you Business was bad, but
have arrived. now things are looking up.
I have to check in
before 8.00.
Show up Write
Write sth on paper.
sth down
Arrive in a place where She wrote his name down in her notebook. Or
She wrote down his name.
sb is waiting for you.
If the object is a long phrase, it will usually
come after the phrasal verb.
She didn’t show up till
She wrote down everything she could
the next morning. remember about him.
She wrote it down.(obj.pronoun goes in
between)
She wrote down it.
Look sth up Make sth up
Look for information Invent a story or an
in a book or online. explanation for sth.
I had to look the I didn’t want to see
him, so I made up an
word up. excuse and left.

G.SMILES
Try sth on Look after sb/sth
Take care of or be
Put on a piece of responsible for sb/sth.
clothing to see if it fits He looked after the baby.
or looks good on you.
He looked the baby after.
I tried the jacket on but
it was too small.

G.SMILES
Come across sth/sb

Look into sth Meet sb or find sth


by chance
Investigate and try to discover
the facts about sth,e.g.a I came across the
crime, a problem. word in an article.
I complained to the airline,
and they’re looking into it.
Stand for sth Go out with somebody
Represent or mean Spend time with sb and
(WWW stands for have a romantic
World Wide Web) relationship with them.
What does WWW Maria’s going out with
stand for? Tom’s brother.

G.SMILES
Cut back on something
Reduce the amount of something that you eat,
spend,use,etc.
I must cut back on sweets to try and lose weight.
WRITE YOUR OWN EXAMPLES OF THE
FOLLOWING PHRASAL VERBS:
TYPE 1- NO OBJECT & THE VERB AND THE
PARTICLE ARE NEVER SEPARATED.
GET UP
COME ON
GO AWAY
GO OUT
SIT DOWN
STAND UP
TYPE 2 + OBJECT- THE VERB AND THE
PARTICLE CAN BE SEPARATED.
TURN ON
TURN OFF
TRY ON
GIVE BACK
TAKE BACK
CALL BACK
TAKE OFF
GIVE UP
TYPE 3 + OBJECT & THE VERB AND THE
PARTICLE ARE NEVER SEPARATED.
CARRY ON
LOOK FOR
GET ON
GET OFF
GET ON WITH
LOOK FORWARD TO

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