Phrasal Verbs:

Separable

WffiPЙINт
Сheсk the сorreсtanswer.
The dog thinks that
t Geоrge is dreaming.
П G"o.ge is gеtting an idеa for
an invention.

SEPARABLE PHRASAL VERBS

сIllАRT
сIIЕсK Noт SEPARAтЕD
Check the corrеct Suвlвст| v.." | гo*,.... I o.*..т oв1пст
onswеr.
dreamеd uP thе idеa.
t Di'".t objeсts Hе
that are nouns worked out thе dеtai|s
сan go before or
aftеr thе partiсlе.
sEPARAтЕD
П Di,".t objeсts
that are pronouns Suryвст
| v."' I o,*..' oв,вст| гo*,....
always go after
thе idеa
the partiсle. dreamed uP.
it
Hе
thе dеtails
workеd o ut.
them

EхPREssж
Сomplete thеsеsеntеnсеswith thе сorrеct form of thе wards in porenthesеs.
Who dream up that idea ? Did уoш dream it up
(dгеаmup / thаt idеa) (drеam up / it)

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g?eaй*t*.?
жr Wжpfl.e
&y жжъжж s ffiжaввтр*es

vеrb+ oartiс|е
t. A phrasal vеrb сonsistsof a verb + partiсlе. l Shе sеt up an еxperiment.

Partiсles |ookthe same as prepositions,but
thеy arе paгt of the verb phrasе.Тhеy often
сhanqеthе mеaninqof thе vеrb.
vеrb+ prеposition
r Hе looked up at the sky.
(Hе lookedin thе direсtionof thе skу.)
vеr b+ о аr tiс|е
r He looked up thе informationon the Internеt.
(Hе found the informotionon thе lnternеt.)

Тhe sеparatеmeaningsof thе vеrb and paгtiсlе r They turnеd down my appIiсation.
may bе veгy diffеrentfrom the meaning of (Theyrеjесtеdmy oppliсotion.)
the phrasal vеrb.

2. Most phrasaIvеrbs are transitive(thеy take

direсt objeсts).Мost transitivеphrasalvегbs
are sеparablе.
Тhis meansthe dirесt objе<t сan go:
vегb+ paгtiс|е
+ dirесtobjесt
a. afterthe paгtiс|e r I just drеamed up o nеw ideo.
(vеrb and paгtiсlеаrе not sеparated) oп
oR veгb + direсtobiесt + oartiс|е
b. bеtweenthе verb and thе partiсle r I just dreamed o new ideo up.
(verb and paгtiсlеarе sеparated)
d i г е с to b j е с t
Notiсe that when the direсt objeсt is r Shе drеamed uP on unusuollу сomplicoted
in a long phrasе, it сomes after the new deviсе.
paг t i с |е . No тShе
@

pronoun, it must go betweеn thе verb and Noт Shе drеamеd+ptЪ

thе oartiс|е'

3. With a smal|gгoup of phrasalverbs,thе veгb

and partiсlеmust bе separated.

keep somеthingon l Кееp your hot on.

Noт {феРonjourhа+
tolk someoneinto r Shе talked her boss into a raisе.
NoтSheffiaraisе.

Cheсk
it out!
For a list of сommon separable phrasal verbs, see Appеndiх 17 on pages 34|_342.
For a list of сommon phrasal verbs that must be sеparated, see Appendix 17 on pages З4I_342,
F.or information about inseparablе phrasal verbs, sее Unit 54, pages 232_233,
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lDENтltYo Rеod this orticlе. Undеrline thе phrosol vеrbs. Сirclе the dirесt objects.

reka!
:.Т-,-,r*idyouknowthattwoсollеgеdropoutsthoughtup@ofthe
*"ъid you know thаt two сollеgе dropouts thought up(hе ideфof thе first
Ъ
at#
t#
personal сomputer? What,smorе'
%.'"ё morе, they put it togеther in a garagе.
Invеntionsdon't havе to сomе out of fanсу laboratories.Averagе pеoplе in сlassrooms,
kitсhеns,and homе workshopsoftеn drеam up nеWand usеful ideas'
Thе ability to think of somеthingnew seеms like magiсto many peoplе, but in faсt
anyonе сan dеvеlop the qualitiеs of an invеntor.First, inventorsfollow their сuriosity.
Thе Swiss invеntor Gеorgе dе Меstral wantеd to find out thе rеason it was so hard to
removе burrs from his dog's сoat. His answеrlеd to thе idеa for VеlсroЧ now usеd to
fastеn everythingfrom sneakеrsto spaсе suits. Sесond, invеntors use imaginationto put
things togеther in nеw Ways.Walter Morrison watсhеd two mеn tossing a piе pan to еaсh
othеr and thoughtup thе FrisbееЧ onе of the most popular toys in thе world.Perhaps
most important,suссеssfulinventorsdon,t quit. Thеy сontinuouslylook up information
about thеir idеas and try nеw designs out until they suссeеd.

сIIOOiEE, сOIf|PIETE.
Reod obout onе of history,sgreotеst invеntors,Сomplеtе thе
informаtion with the correct form of the appropriote phrosol verbs from thе boх,

fi|I up keep away bring about Ф6tr set up сarry out pay baсk piсk up

As a сhild, Thomas Alva Еdison (|847_19311 t,riedout

1.
almost anything he heard about-he evеn tried to hatсh goosе eggs
by sitting on them! Before he was twelvе, he set up
2.
his first laboratory using money he had earned himself.
He had hundreds of bottles. and hе filled them
up with сhemiсals for his еxperiments. He
3.
labeled thе bottlеs ..poison,,
to keep his family
away . Whеn he was fifteen, Edison picked up a nеw skill. He
4. 5.
had saved a сhild,s life, and the gтateful fatheц a telegтaph operatoц paid
Еdison back by teaсhing him tеlegтaphy. After that, Edison was ablе to
work nights and carry out his experiments during the day.
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[n 1869, Еdison fiхed a piесe of equipmеnt for a сompany that supp1ied priсes to
gold brokers. This brought about his first useful invention-the stoсk tiсker-
for whiсh hе reсeived $40,000. Hе was then able to spend all his time wоrking on his

new inventions. During his lifеtimе, Еdison was issued 1,093 patents!

o Rеаd thеseсonversotionsthot tokе plocе in а schoollаborotorу. Сomptetе

сOilIPIЕтЕ
thеm with phrosol vеrbs ond pronouns,

1. A: Please put on your ]ab сoats.

B: Do we really havе 1o ?ut them on ? It,s hot in here.

2. A: I сan,t figure out this problem.

B: I know what you mеan. I сan,t figure it out either.

3. A: Remembеr to fill out these forms.

B: Can wе fill them out at homе, or do wе have to do it now?

4. A: Are you going to hand out the neхt assignment today?

B:I handed it out a few minutes ago. Weren't you here?

5. A: I сan't get this to work. We,d better do the whole proсedure over.

B: We don't have timе to do it over . Class is over in ten minutеs.

6. A: Are we supposed to turn in our lab reports today?

B: No. Please turn them in neхt week.

EDIT.Rеod on inventor,snotes,Find аnd correctsеven mistokеsin the usе of phrosol

vеrbs. The first mistoke is olrеody corrеctеd.

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