PHRASAL VERBS

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PHRASAL VERBS

• Ana García Anastasia Busto

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Introduction

• Verbs formed by more than one part.
• -Verb prepositional particle
• To look at.
• Types
• -Verb adverbial particle
• To carry out.

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• Phrasal verbs have not the same meaning of their
  components.
• Its better to learn them individually.
• Example
• (to) fall away disminuir/desaparecer/desprender
  se.

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Using phrasal verbs

• Phrasal verbs are mostly used in informal speech.
• Informal Formal
• to put off to postpone
• to go up to increase

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Meaning of phrasal verbs

• Some phrasal verbs have more than one meaning
  depending in the context.
• He asked her to stop singing as it was putting
  him off.
• The football match has been put off until next
  week.
• Dont be put off if you can do it straight away.
• Would you put off the light before you leave?

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Word order restrictions

• Sometimes the object may be situated between or
  after the particles (the meaning does not change)
• We did our bathroom up last year.
• OBJECT
• We did up our bathroom last year.
• OBJECT

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Word order restrictions

• Some verbs can only take the object after the
  second particle of the verb.
• Example She has fallen for the boy who lives
  next door.

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Word order restrictions

• If object pronoun.
• The object must go between the different parts of
  the verb.
• Example
• We did it up by ourselves

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Exercises

• http//www.englishpage.com/prepositions/prepositio
  ns.html
• http//www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/phrasal-ve
  rbs

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