What are phrasal verbs?

A phrasal verb is a combination of a verb and an adverb or preposition, which has

a particular meaning, such as ‘look after’, ‘hurry up’, ‘give in’, ‘chill out’, ‘get away with’ and ‘bring up’.

For example, in the sentence ‘Don’t tell me how to bring up my children!’, ‘bring up’ means ‘raise’.

An adverb or preposition in a phrasal verb is sometimes called a particle.
 
 What is different about phrasal verbs?
Different phrasal verbs have different grammar. Here is the grammar of phrasal verbs:

There are five types of phrasal verb. These are:

1. Intransitive (with no object):
You're driving too fast – you ought to slow down.
2. Transitive verbs whose object can come in two positions – after the verb or after the particle:
I think I'll put my jacket on OR I think I'll put on my jacket.
If the object is a pronoun, however, it must come between the verb and the particle:
I think I'll put it on (NOT I think I'll put on it).
3. Transitive verbs whose object must come between the verb and the particle:
Its high-quality designs set the company apart from its rivals. 
4. Transitive verbs whose object must come after the particle:
The baby takes after his mother.
Why do you put up with the way he treats you?
5. Verbs with two objects – one after the verb, the other after the particle:
They put their success down to good planning.

Formality
Phrasal verbs are more informal and are found in informal texts and in spoken language. Many phrasal verbs
have a Latinate equivalent. When students opt for this equivalent, they sound more formal. Conversely, a
student who uses an informal phrasal verb in a formal situation (like a business letter) can sound out of place
or wrong.
 1. PICK UP
2. TURN ON
3. RUB OUT
4. WRITE DOWN
5. TURN OVER
6. SIT DOWN
7. PUT AWAY
8. PUT UP
9. COVER UP
10.PUT DOWN
11.TURN OFF
12. STAND UP
3. Put the words in the box above back in the sentences below.

a. your pen and then it .

b. your books.

c. the words on the board.

d. your pen and some words in your notebook.

e. your mobile phone and then it .

f. your papers and your hand .

g. Open your book. page 15 with a piece of paper.

5. Which verb goes with which nouns? Here is an example:

LOOK UP the word in a dictionary

LOOK UP the answer in your book

the lights - the mobile phone - the television

the answers-the page in your book

your pen - your book - your dictionary

TIPS FOR UNDERSTANDING PHRASAL VERBS UP and DOWN Sometimes you can understand the phrasal verb by
looking at the particle (the second word). The particles UP and DOWN often relate to a physically higher or a
physically lower position. Stand up, put up (your hand), sit down, pick up and put down are all examples of this kind of
phrasal verb.