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    This document discusses phrasal verbs, which are verb phrases made up of a verb and a particle. It provides examples of different types of phrasal verbs, including: (1) Transitive phrasal verbs, which take an object. They can have the object either after the particle or between the verb and particle. Examples given are "call off something" and "pick out something." (2) Intransitive phrasal verbs, which do not take an object. They cannot be separated and must stay together. Examples given are "catch on" and "get ahead." (3) The document notes that phrasal verbs are very common in everyday English and learning their meanings

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    This document discusses phrasal verbs, which are verb phrases made up of a verb and a particle. It provides examples of different types of phrasal verbs, including: (1) Transitive phrasal verbs, which take an object. They can have the object either after the particle or between the verb and particle. Examples given are "call off something" and "pick out something." (2) Intransitive phrasal verbs, which do not take an object. They cannot be separated and must stay together. Examples given are "catch on" and "get ahead." (3) The document notes that phrasal verbs are very common in everyday English and learning their meanings

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    Mt.

    SAC
    Level 4
    Unit 11
    Marina McLaughlin M.S. Ed.

    Phrasal Verb
    Also called a two-word verb
    It has 2 parts:
    (1)verb + (2)particle = phrasal verb

    Particles
    Look like prepositions, but they act differently:
    Prepositions: do not change the meaning of
    the verb.
    He looked into the room. (He was outside the
    room and looked in.)
    Particles: often change the meaning of the
    verb.
    He looked into the problem. (He researched
    the problem.)

    Phrasal Verb
    A phrasal verb often has a very different
    meaning than the meaning of its parts.
    Phrasal
    Verb

    Meaning

    call in

    have someone help you


    with something

    figure out

    understand

    find out

    discover

    look into

    research

    pick up

    improve

    Note: phrasal
    verbs are very
    common in every
    day speech. So,
    you have to learn
    the meaning of
    phrasal verbs to
    understand spoken
    English!

    Be careful! Like other


    verbs phrasal verbs
    have more than one
    meaning!

    Transitive Phrasal Verbs


    Man phrasal verbs have objects.
    Phrasal Verb

    Meaning

    Example

    call off something

    cancel

    Lets call off the meeting.

    pick out something

    choose

    Pick out the chair you like best.

    take away
    something

    remove

    Take away the dishes.

    think up something

    invent

    He thought up good answers.

    work out something

    solve

    He worked out the problem.

    Transitive phrasal verbs


    Most transitive phrasal verbs are separable.
    This means that noun objects can go (1) after
    the particle or (2) between the verb and the
    particle.

    (1) They tore down the entrance.


    (2) They tore the entrance down.

    Transitive Phrasal Verbs


    Note: When the noun object is part of a long phrase, we usually do
    not separate the verb and particle of a phrasal verb.

    He tried out the many complex theories of feng shui.


    NOT: He tried the many complex theories of feng shui
    out.

    Intransitive Phrasal Verbs


    Some phrasal verbs do not have an object.
    They are always inseparable (cannot be separated.)
    Phrasal
    Verb

    Meaning

    Example

    catch on

    become popular

    Feng shui has caught on all over.

    get ahead

    make progress

    Tina is getting ahead in her


    career.

    show up

    appear

    The consultant showed up early.

    sitDo
    down
    take aan
    seat
    down over
    there.
    not separate
    intransitiveSit
    phrasal
    verb.
    Sit over there down.

    Phrasal Verb Activity

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