Roksolana Zelinska

PHRASAL VERBS

What are they…?

How do you use them correctly?

Phrasal verbs are commonly used inEnglish, so it’s important to learn them!

A phrasal verb has 2(or more) parts: 1) a verb 2) and a preposition (at least one)

*often a phrasal verb has a special meaningspecial meaning

Roksolana Zelinska

Roksolana Zelinska

VERB

lookmake

puttake

getrun

bringbreak

turncarry...

up

on

down

out of

over

off

out

for...

+ PREPOSITION or PARTICLE

+

Roksolana Zelinska

VERB

look

make

put

take

get

run

bring

break

turn

carry

+ PREPOSITION or PARTICLE

for = search

up = invent

out = extinguish

off = leave the ground

over = recover

out of = have none left

up = rear, educate

down = collapse

up = appear unexpectedly

on = continue

Roksolana Zelinska

VERB+ PARTICLE + PREPOSITION

keep up withkeep up with advance at the same pace

run out ofrun out of have none left

put up withput up with bear patiently

look forward tolook forward to expect with pleasure

Roksolana Zelinska

literal idiomatic

I’ve taken up golf.Take off your jacket.

Put out the cat.

Look at the picture.

The car broke down.

Only 20 people turned up.

Phrasal verbs express a particular meaning:

Roksolana Zelinska

PHRASAL VERBS WITH LITERALLITERAL AND IDIOMATICIDIOMATIC MEANING

PUT OUTPUT OUT

I always put output out the cat at night.

Put outPut out the cigarette, please.

(extinguish)

Roksolana Zelinska

PHRASAL VERBS WITH LITERALLITERAL AND IDIOMATICIDIOMATIC MEANING

PICK UPPICK UP

Can you pick uppick up the diskette for me, please? I dropped it.

I picked uppicked up some new slang expressions while watching that movie.

(learn)

Roksolana Zelinska

PHRASAL VERBS WITH LookLook

Look after -Look after - means to take care of someone or something

When I have to travel on business, my parents usually Look afterLook after

my children.

I Look after Look after the office when my colleagues are away on business.

.

PHRASAL VERBS WITH LookLook

Roksolana Zelinska

Look down on - Look down on - means to think something or someone is inferior.

Don't look down on look down on him just because he left school at 16. He has been very successful.

PHRASAL VERBS WITH LookLook

Roksolana Zelinska

Look into - Look into - means to examine a problem or situation.

We have set up a working group to look into to look into the problem.