SUP’PTIC E-LEARNING SESSION WITH ITT2 B

TIME: 940-11 40 (2 HOURS)

DATE: 11/05/20

Hello dear learners and welcome to this learning session. I’m Mrs EKOLLE
Stella Mary . I hope you’re ready to follow this lesson and actively participate
in it.

LESSON TITLE: Grammar:

USING PHRASAL VERBS RELATED TO MODERN MEDIA

GENERAL PRESENTATION

• Overview

• Learning outcomes

• Previous knowledge

• Lesson

PRESENTATION FOR EACH SECTION

Overview of the Section

-Revision of previous knowledge

• Corpus

• Content

• Guided Practice

• Free Practice

• Homework

• This is how our today’s section looks like. We will have a revision, the content of our
lesson and exercises to check your understanding of the lesson.

• LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learners will be able to:

• Identify the structure of phrasal verbs.

• Bring out their meanings.

Use them appropriately in their daily conversations.

CONTEXT

Talking about the usage of modern ICT tools

INTRODUCTION

REVISION

Identify verbs, prepositions and adverbs in the following sentences.

• I generally go to the cyber on Sunday to do research.

• I use internet to download dictionaries.

• If you want to read the whole text, you should scroll down.

REVISION CONTINUE

• VERBS: Lexical verbs: go, do, use, download, want, read, scroll, HELPING VERBS:
should (modal verb)

• PREPOSITIONS: to (the cyber)

• ADVERB: down (scroll)

• Difference between a preposition and an adverb : a preposition unlike an adverb is

followed by a noun phrase which is an object complement

PRESENTATION OF THE LESSON

Dialogue: Conversation between two classmates LINDA and OYONO

LINDA: Hello!

OYONO: Hi!

LINDA: Are you following the E-LEARNING lessons on the internet?

OYONO: Yes! But I don’t know how to ask questions

LINDA: Oh dear, it is very simple; there are two options, you can either use a mobile
 phone to send your questions via SMS or you can go to the SUP’PTIC Face

book page and post all your questions

OYONO: Ok! Thank you dear. My father bought a desktop for me to use during this

lockdown. How can I use it to send my questions?

LINDA: First, you have to plug in the computer; then you should switch it on; then

connect it to a modem that provides internet connection; after that you

should go online on Face book homepage, then sign up in order to be able

to sign in with a user name and a password. Once you are on Facebook,

you should search the SUP’PTIC Web Facebook page and type your

questions there. You will get a reply.

OYONO: Thank you very much! And what do I do when I finish?

LINDA: When you are through, you should sign out and shut down the computer.

OYONO: Many thanks dear.

LINDA: You are welcome!

INSTRUCTIONS

• Pay attention to the highlighted verbs in the dialogue.

• What do you notice? Complete the table below.

VERBS ADVERBS PREPOSITIONS

ANSWERS

VERBS ADVERBS PREPOSITIONS

Plug In
Switch on
Sign up
 Sign in
sign out

They are called phrasal verbs. We notice that they have many elements.

INSRUCTIONS

What do phrasal verbs consist of ?

Answer: Phrasal verbs consist of :

• a verb + a preposition (switch on)

• a verb + an adverb (sign out)

• A verb + an adverb + a preposition (run out of)

• Can you guess the meaning of the highlighted verbs?

• ANSWE plug in / plug-in

insert a cord into an outlet or port

• sign up

register with a service

• log in / sign in / sign-in

connect to a website using a username and password

• turn off / shut down / power down

end a session on the computer by closing an application or removing power

• Whereas broke out, past form of to break out means escape.

Thus, the preposition or adverb changes the meaning of the original verb.

Did you guess the meaning easily?

Answer:

Probably no! This is because the meaning was derived from the context.

Summary: Structure of Phrasal verbs

 • Phrasal verbs may consist of a verb and a preposition.

Example :

• When I signed in yesterday, I noticed that someone has hacked into my mobil money
account. They may also consist of a verb and an adverb.

Examples :

-When I signed in yesterday, I noticed that someone had hacked into my account.

• Sometimes phrasal verbs consist of the three elements (verb, preposition and adverb).

Example :

My computer is running out of space; I have to wipe out some files

Summary: Meaning of Phrasal verbs

• When we add the preposition or adverb to the verb it may totally change the meaning of
the verb.

Examples :

-Joe is running very fast.

-My computer is running out of space.

- Some phrasal verbs are easy to understand because they have a literal or denotative meaning.
This is because the verb maintains its original meaning and the adverb/preposition just adds more
meaning to it without completely modifying the original meaning.

Example :

-You have to plug in the computer first.

Here, we easily understand that “plug in” means to insert the cable in a plug.

• However, many phrasal verbs have a figurative or idiomatic meaning which makes them
difficult to understand. You have to derive the meaning from the context in which the
word is used.

• The meaning is idiomatic meaning that you cannot get the meaning by taking the
meaning of individual parts: eg: I came late because it was raining cats and dogs. The
idiom “rain cats and dogs” in this sentence does not mean that cats and dogs are falling
from sky (literal meaning) but it means that it was raining too much (figurative meaning)
 • Example :

• My computer broke down when I was typing my presentation.

• The phrasal verb “broke down” means “stop functioning properly” and has nothing to do
with breaking something.

NB1: Some phrasal verbs have more than one meaning depending on the context.

Examples:-The plane took off at 7 PM.

-You should take off your shoes before coming in.

• In the first sentence, “take off” means start flying

• In the second sentence, “take off” means to remove.

• NB2: with the same verb, when you add a different preposition/adverb, you obtain a
different meaning.

• Example: run away (escape); run after (chase); run out of (money/energy/ideas etc.
(lack)

Guided Practice

Identify and guess the meaning of the phrasal verb in the sentence.

I’m tired, so I’m going to shut down the computer for today.

ANSWER:

shut down : end a session on the computer by closing an application or disconnect power

- Identify and guess the meaning of the phrasal verbs in the sentence.
My computer is running out of space, I have to wipe out some files.

ANSWER:

run out of: lack

wipe out: completely erase or delete files

- Identify and guess the meaning of the phrasal verbs in the following sentences.
Someone hacked into my Facebook account and sent messages to my friends.

ANSWER:

hack into: Sign into someone’s computer or account illegally.

 Free Practice
Complete the sentence with the appropriate phrasal verb:

1. I cannot send any emails because the server ……went down………………..( Signed up,
signed out,

went down, hacked into)

2. Be sure you …………Back up……. your files before you change systems to avoid losing all
your

documents. (Back up, run out of, hack into )

3. ………click on…………….the start menu to begin. (Pop up, click on, scroll down)

Answers
1. went down: stopped operating properly

2. back up: make an extra copy of a file

3. click on : move a mouse over an item and press to select

FURTHER PRACTICE

Complete the following dialogue with the appropriate preposition or adverb to have the
appropriate phrasal verb: On, down, on, in, down, up, off, off

OSAS: Hello!

MBIDA: Hi!

OSAS: Please, how do I switch _____on_____this computer?

MBIDA: Well, first, you need to plug ____in__the computer here like this.

OSAS: Oh I see; and how do I switch ___down_______when I have finished?

MBIDA: Click on this icon that says “shut _down_____________”

OSAS: Thank you dear. Please turn ________off_____the music, I can’t hear it.

MBIDA: Ok! Is that better?

OSAS: No; it is too loud. Please turn it _______________a little.

MBIDA: May be I should just turn _______________the music!

CONCLUSION

Donnez l’équivalent des ‘’phrasal verbs’’ suivants en français:

hack into: pirater

plug in: brancher

shut down: éteindre

log in: se connecter

END

DEAR LEARNERS,

WE HAVE COME TO THE END OF TODAY’S SESSION

SEE YOU SOON FOR ANOTHER SESSION

SEND IN YOUR QUESTIONS IF ANY.

• ANSWER:
• went down

• stop operating properly