KAU ELIA KAU ELIA 102102ELI ELI GrammarGrammar

KAU ELIA KAU ELIA 102102ELI ELI GrammarGrammar

• A separable phrasal verb may have a noun object before the particle

• Ex: we have to get the books back to the library.

• Don’t wake the children up I want to relax.

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Bring up

Calm down

Clean up

Drop off

Fill out

Fill up

Find out

call up

Get back

Give up

Help out

Look up

Part 1

Meaning & Example

• My sister is bringing up her kid very well.

Means to raise( children), introduce an idea.

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• I’ll call you up tonight.

Means to telephone( verb)

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• Calm the kids down. They are getting too excited.

Means to ( Help someone) to relax.

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• We are going to help clean the park up this weekend.

Means neat and orderly.

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• Could you drop me off down town.

Means to leave (someone or something) at a place.

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• You need to fill this form out for your license.

Means to write (the necessary information ) on a form.

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• Fill the gas tank up.

Means to make or become full.

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• I don’t know if Salma is sick or not but I will find out.

Means to get information.

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• We have to get the books back to the library.

Means to return.

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• I often give my seat up on the bus.

Means to surrender, let go of, stop trying.

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• I often look up words in the dictionary.

Means to search for (information in a reference book).

Make up

Put up

Slow down

Take out

Tear down

Tire out

Turn off

Pick up

Turn up

Turn down

Wake up

Work out

Part 1

Meaning & Example

• I have to make up an exam.

Means to compensate for.

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• I have to pick my kids up from school.

Means to go to get (someone or something).

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• They want to put up a wall between buildings.

Means to construct or raise.

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• Slow the car down. Don’t drive so fast.

Means to go less quickly.

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• I’m going to take out the garbage.

Means to remove or bring outside

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• The city is going to tear down these buildings.

Means to pull down or demolish

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• The streetlights turn themselves off automatically at 6.00 A.M.

Means to stop a machine, light or a faucet.

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• City politics tear me out. I don’t like to argue

Means to exhaust

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• Can you turn up the radio. I can’t hear it.

Means to increase

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• Can you turn down the radio. I can’t sleep and it’s too loud.

Means to decrease

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• I wake the kids up when the alarm rings.

Means to stop sleeping

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• The city is trying to work out the traffic problems.

Means to find a solution for