by Viv Quarry www.vivquarry.com There are four types of phrasal or multiword verbs.. Type 1 Verb + adverb NO OBJECT The plane took off.. Type 2 Verb + adverb + OBJECT Could you hand out
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There are four types of phrasal (or multiword) verbs
Type 1
Verb + adverb (NO OBJECT)
The plane took off
The fire went out
Our plans fell through
Type 2
Verb + adverb + OBJECT
Could you hand out the books?
or
Could you hand the books out?
We'll have to put off the meeting
or
We'll have to put the meeting off
The object can change position, but not if it is a pronoun
Could you hand them out
We'll have to put it off
Type 3
Verb + preposition + OBJECT
He ran across the road
She takes after her mother
He came into the room
The preposition CAN'T change position
Type 4
Verb + adverb + preposition + OBJECT
She looks down on workingclass people
Trang 2Please get on with your work
The object CAN'T change position
Why are phrasal verbs difficult?
1. The verb could be in any tense, voice or aspect (past, future, passive, perfect, continuous etc.)
2. Has your company been taken over yet?
3. The verb may be irregular in the past or past participle
4. My friends put me up last weekend
5. The verb may have no connection with the meaning of the phrasal verb
6. I can't make out if that's you in this photo
7. The preposition may have no connection with the meaning of the phrasal verb
8. I thought you had given up smoking
9. The same phrasal verb may be the same type but have completely different meanings
10. He turned the music down. He turned the job down
11. The same phrasal verb may be of different types with different meanings
12. He turned the TV up because he couldn't hear it. He turned up late for the meeting
13. The same phrasal verb may have a literal and a metaphorical meaning
14. He ran out of the house. He ran out of petrol
15. The same phrasal verb may have a different meaning if the object is a person or a thing Stop putting me off! We'll have to put it off until next week
Unfortunately, there are thousands of phrasal verbs in the English language and it takes years to learn them all. However, here is a list of ten verbs with some of the phrasal verbs associated with them
The verbs are:
Put, get, look, give, take, make, do, go, come, be
Phrasal verbs with PUT
Phrasal verb Type? Meaning in your lanuage Meaning in English
Be put off by sth be disuaded from doing sth
Have sth Put down kill an animal humanely
Put in sth make a request
Put in sth spend time
Put on sth increase weight
Put sb off distract
Trang 3Put sb through connect by phone
Put sb up accommodate
Put sth across describe
Put sth aside leave sth until later
Put sth away tidy
Put sth back replace
Put sth back turn the hands on a clock back
Put sth down to be explained by
Put sth down drop sth
Put sth down write
Put sth forward turn the hands on a clock forward
Put sth off delay
Put sth on dress
Put sth on switch sth on
Put sth out switch sth off
Put sth out take sth outside
Put sth together build sth from parts
Put sth up Fix sth on a wall
Put sth up raise price
Put up sth build
Put up with sth tolerate
Phrasal verbs with GET
Phrasal verb Type? Meaning in your lanuage Meaning in English
Get (a)round sth resolve a problem
Get (a)round to sth find time for sth
Get about travel
Get along with sb get on with sb
Get around move
Get at (sth) mean, reach sth
Get away with sth escape punishment
Get away escape
Get back (swh) return
Trang 4Get behind with sth not pay on time
Get by survive
Get in enter buiding or car
Get into (sth) become involved in
Get off sth leave public transport
Get on sth enter public transport
Get on with sb have a good relationship
Get on with sth continue doing
Get on with sth make progress
Get on do
Get out of doing sth escape from work
Get out leave
Get over sth recover from sth
Get sb down make sb feel depressed
Get sth across explain
Get sth back receive sth lent
Get through (to sb) make contact by phone
Get through sth finish
Get to swh arrive at
Get to go
Get together meet
Phrasal verbs with LOOK
Phrasal verb Type? Meaning in your lanuage Meaning in English
Look after sth/sb take care of sth/sb
Look ahead predict
Look back on sth remember
Look down on sb disrespect
Look forward to sth anticipate with pleasure
Look in on sb visit
Look into sth investigate
Look on be a spectator
Look out for sth try to find
Trang 5Look out danger!
Look round swh explore
Look sb up locate sb
Look sth over examine
Look sth up find in a list
Look through sth check for mistakes
Look to sb for sth expect help from sb
Look up to sb view with respect
Phrasal verbs with GIVE
Phrasal verb Type? Meaning in your lanuage Meaning in English
Give in admit defeat
Give off sth emit
Give sb up take sb to the police
Give sth away give freely
Give sth away tell sb a secret
Give sth back return sth to sb
Give sth in hand sth in
Give sth out distribute
Give up on sth abandon hope of doing sth
Give up sth stop a bad habit
Give up desist
Phrasal verbs with TAKE
Phrasal verb Type? Meaning in your lanuage Meaning in English
Be taken aback be shocked
Be taken in believe sth untrue
Take after sb be similar to sb
Take in sth understand
Take it out on sb punish sb due to anger
Take off be successful
Take off rise into the air
Take out sth subscribe
Take over sth take control of sth
Trang 6Take sb back make sb remember sth
Take sb for sth think sb is sth bad
Take sb on challenge
Take sb on employ
Take sb out go out with sb
Take sb up on sth accept help from sb
Take sth apart dismantle sth
Take sth away remove sth from sb
Take sth back admit that you said sth wrong
Take sth back return sth to a shop
Take sth down remove from a wall
Take sth down write sth
Take sth in/up adapt clothes
Take sth off remove clothes
Take sth on assume responsibility
Take sth up with sb discuss sth with sb
Take to sb like
Take up sth start an activity
Phrasal verbs with MAKE
Phrasal verb Type? Meaning in your lanuage Meaning in English
Make (sth) out see sth
Make away with sth steal and escape
Make for swh go in the direction
Make of sth/sb think about
Make off with sth steal and escape
Make off escape
Make out sth write (cheque/form)
Make out say
Make sb out to be sth pretend to be sth
Make sb up put on makeup
Make sth over transfer ownership
Make sth up invent
Trang 7Make up for sth compensate
Make up sth prepare
Make up reconcile
Phrasal verbs with DO
Phrasal verb Type? Meaning in your lanuage Meaning in English
Do with sth need
Do sth up renovate
Do without (sth) survive without
Do away with sth finish or terminate sth
Do sb down discredit
Do for sb ruin
Do sb out of sth deprive
Do sth over repeat
Do sth up fasten
Do with sth have a connection with
Phrasal verbs with GO
Phrasal verb Type? Meaning in your lanuage Meaning in English
Go (a)round circulate
Go (on) ahead continue
Go a(round) be sufficient
Go about sth do
Go about sth start dealing with sth
Go after sth try to get
Go against sth/sb be in conflict with
Go along with sb/sth agree with/to sth
Go away leave
Go back (to sth) return to sth
Go by pass
Go down with sth become ill with sth
Go down reduce in size
Go for sb attack
Go into sth explain
Trang 8Go off sth lose interest in
Go off with sb leave with
Go off explode
Go on continue
Go out with sb have a romance with
Go out be extinguished
Go out be unfashionable
Go over sth check carefully
Go through sth check
Go under fail
Go with sth combine well
Go without sth survive without
Phrasal verbs with COME
Phrasal verb Type? Meaning in your lanuage Meaning in English
Come a(round) be persuaded
Come about happen
Come across sth/sb encounter
Come across communicate
Come along move quickly/accompany
Come along progress
Come apart break into pieces
Come at sb attack
Come away leave
Come back return
Come before sth preceed
Come down on sb blame
Come down with become ill with sth
Come down reduce
Come for sth collect
Come forward volunteer to do sth
Come in for sth suffer criticism
Come in enter
Trang 9Come into sth inherit
Come off detach/succeed
Come on develop
Come on hurry
Come out with sth announce
Come out be revealed/issued
Come over visit
Come through survive danger/difficulty
Come to sb/sth remember/ result in
Come up against meet a problem
Come up with sth propose
Come up be heard in court
Come up be mentioned
Phrasal verbs with BE
Phrasal verb Type? Meaning in your lanuage Meaning in English
Be about (sth) happen (book/film)
Be after sth want
Be around be here
Be away (on) sth travelling
Be back arrive
Be for (sth) the function of sth
Be from swh originate
Be in for sth get into trouble
Be into sth interested in sth
Be like sth/sb similar
Be off leave
Be on showing (tv/cinema)
Be onto sb suspect
Be onto sth make a discovery
Be over finish
Be through (sth) finish
Be up happen to sb
Trang 10Be with sb join
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