PHRASAL English III

VERBS
 Phrasal verbs
A phrasal verb is a verb that is made up of:

Main verb + Preposition

Eg: keep up with, look down on, put up with…

Typically, their meaning is not obvious from the meanings of the individual words themselves.

Examples:

• She has always looked down on me.

• Fighting broke out among a group of 40 men.
• I’ll see to the animals.
• Don’t put me off, I’m trying to concentrate.
• The report spelled out the need for more staff.
 Transitivity
Phrasal verbs can be intransitive (i.e. they have no object):

• We broke up two years ago.

• They set off early to miss the traffic.

• He pulled up outside the cottage.

or transitive (i.e. they can have an object):

• The police were called to break up the fight.

• When the door is opened, it sets off an alarm.

 Word order
The verb and adverb elements which make up intransitive phrasal
verbs are never separated:

✓ We broke up two years ago.

✗ We broke two years ago up.

The situation is different with transitive verbs, however.

If the direct object is a noun, you can say:

• ✓ They pulled the house down. [direct object]
• ✓ They pulled down the house.

If the direct object is a pronoun (him, her, them, it), you can (only) say:
• ✓ They pulled it down. [direct object]
• ✗ They pulled down it.
 LIST OF PHRASAL VERBS TO LEARN
1.Add up
To make sense : to seem to be logical or true.
Example: “Her story didn’t add up, I think she was lying, it didn’t make sense”
2. Bear out
To prove to be right or justified; confirm.
Example: The test results bear out our claims.
3. Break up
To come to an end. Example.: The party finally broke up at 3.00 am.
4. Bring up
a- To take care of and teach (a child who is growing up).
Example: “Their grandparents brought them up because their parents were
always travelling”
b- To mention (something) when talking : to start to talk about (something).
Example: “Don’t bring up the fight again, please!”
5. Call off
a- To cancel, stop doing or planning to do (something) .
Example: “Maria called off the wedding, she decided she didn’t love him”
6. Come across
a- To seem to have a particular quality or character : to make a particular
impression.
Example: “Julia came across as a bit bossy”
b- To meet or find (something or someone) by chance.
Example: “Luis was leaving the fruit shop and he came across Tom, what a
coincidence”
7. Come up with
a– To get or think of (something that is needed or wanted).
Example: “We finally came up with a solution to the problem!”
8. Fall for
a-To feel love for; be in love with.
b-To be deceived or swindled by: fell for the con artist's scheme and lost $200,000.
9. Get away
a- To avoid being caught : to escape.
Eg: “The thieves managed to get away in a stolen car”
b- To not be criticised or punished for (something). Eg.: “Yvonne is always lying, I can’t
understand how she gets away with it”
10. Get over
a- To stop feeling unhappy about (something).
Example: “Finally, Kylie got over her ex-boyfriend”
b- To become healthy again after (an illness).
Example: “Have you heard? Dave has got over the flu”
11. Give up
a- To stop an activity or effort : to admit that you cannot do something and
stop trying
Example: “We all gave up smoking on January 1st”
12. Look after
a- To take care of (someone or something).
Example: “The nurse looked after the patient for months, until he was better”
13. Look up
To become better; improve. Example: Things are at last looking up.
14. Make out
To hear and understand (something)
Example: “I can’t make out what you’re saying, can you speak
louder?”
15. Pull over
To move a vehicle to the side of the road and stop.
Example: “That looks like a lovely restaurant, can you pull the car
over and park?”
16. Put off
a- To decide that (something) will happen at a later time : postpone.
Example: “Graham was so tired he put the shopping off until next
week”
b- To cause (someone) to dislike someone or something
Example: “You’re putting me off my food, stop talking about insects!”
17. Put up with
To tolerate (someone or something unpleasant or annoying) to exist or happen.
Example: “My mother won’t put up with my sisters or I swearing”
18. Take after
To resemble a parent or ancestor. Example: I take after my father, but the rest of
us take after our mother.
19. Turn up
a- To arrive at a place. Example: “As always, Julian turned up late”
b- To increase the volume, temperature, etc., of something by pressing a button,
moving a switch, etc. Eg: “Please turn the music up, I love this song!”
20. See off
To take leave of (someone).
Example: She saw the guests off at the door.
Mr. Smith went to the airport to see us off.
 Put one suitable word in each space:

1. I ____________ ___________ these old photos recently.

Came across
2. If you didn't do anything wrong, then the investigation will ___ ____out your innocence.
Bear out
3. It's too late to ________off the party. The first guests have already arrived.
Call off
4. I'm afraid that your story doesn't really _________up to anything.
Add up
5. I was so surprised when Harry lost the job, I couldn't _________ over it.
Get over
6. Neil was too embarrassed to__________ up the question of who would pay.
Bring up
7. Lots of people _______ ______ smoking, so I’m confident that you can too.
Give up
8. What did you say? I couldn't quite _________ it ______.Speak louder, please.
Make out
1. He was glad to have an excuse to ___________ __________ telling her the news.
Put off

2. I heard the voices, but couldn't _________ ___________what they were saying.
Make out

3. It's not our policy to let kidnappers __________ ____________ with their crimes
Get away

4.He helps to _____________ ______________ his grandfather who is disabled.

Look after

5.He went to __________ _______________his brother at the station.

See off

6.When someone ___________ ____________a child, they look after it until it is an adult
Brings up
 Rephrasing with phrasal verbs
1. I'm not sure that all this testimony will make any sense. up

All this testimony doesn’t seem to _________________________________________________

add up

2. Walter's parents ended the party at three in the morning. broke

The party______________________________________________________________________

broke up at three in the morning

3. Who suggested the idea for this marketing campaign? with

Who came____________________________________________________________________

up with the idea for this marketing campaign

4. Max did escape from the prison guard but was caught soon after. away

Max___________________________________________________________________________

got away from prison but was caught soon after

5. Why did I keep delaying this essay? Now I'll be up all night writing it! off
Why did I keep __________________________________________________________________
putting this essay off? Now I’ll be up all night writing it!
 Answers
1. All this testimony doesn’t seem to add up.

2. The party broke up at three in the morning.

3. Who came up with the idea for this marketing campaign?

4. Max did get away from the prison guard but was caught soon after.

5. Why did I keep putting off this essay? Now I'll be up all night writing it!