Phrasal Verbs

What is a Phrasal Verb?

commonly used in spoken
language
made up a root verb and one or
two prepositions
they might have a different
meaning from the root verb
Example

He woke up at 6.30 a.m.

Example
He woke up at 6.30 a.m.
wake + up
wake – awaken - to get up from sleep

wake up – awaken - get up from sleep

the meaning is the same

Example
Look up the trains to Beijing
in the directory.
look + up
look – gaze at someone or something

look up – search a piece of

information
the meaning is different
Example
Please take off your shoes!

take + off
take – to remove something, especially
without permission

take off – remove

the meaning is same

Note: ‘off’ means remove or separate

 Example
The aeroplane will take off in a
few minutes.
take + off
take – to remove something, especially
without permission

take off – to leave the ground and fly

the meaning is different

Note: ‘off’ means remove or separate
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 pass up

to fail to take an advantage of the

opportunity

pass

pass out
pass over

to ignore or to reject to faint or to become unconscious

 give in

To accept what the other person is saying

after refusing for sometime

give

give out
give off

to produce or send out heat, light, gas to distribute

or a smell
 put on to place cover over a part of the body
or an attempt to deceive someone
into believing something that is not
true

put

put up with
put off

to tolerate or to accept something

to postpone or to delay
that is unpleasant