phrasal verbs with different meanings

Look away = to turn your eyes away from someone or something that you were looking at.. look after look after Look away Look away Looking for look for... Verb + preposition prepositio

Phrasal verbs

Type 1:

Verb + particle (particle phrasal verbs)

a They brought that up twice – up is a particle, not a

preposition.

b You should think it over – over is a particle, not a

preposition.

c Why does he always dress down? – down is a

particle, not a preposition.

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Look after (someone or something)

1 = to take care of.

2 = to make sure that someone is safe and well.

Look away

= to turn your eyes away from someone or something that you were looking at

Look for (someone or something)

1 = to search for something or someone.

2 = to try and find something or someone

Exercises

1) Make sure you _yourself I don't want you to be ill due to this weather.

2)The accident was so horrible that I had to _

3) I have to _ my son tonight

4) Can you help me my brother, he was meant to be here 20 minutes ago

5) I am _my black shirt have you seen it?

6) She _in embarrassment

look after

look after

Look away

Look away

Looking for

look for

Verb + particle + preposition (particle-prepositional phrasal verbs)

a Who can put up with that? – up is a particle and with is a preposition

b She is looking forward to a rest – forward is a particle and to is a

preposition.

c The other tanks were bearing down on my panther – down is a

particle and on is a preposition.

Verb + preposition (prepositional phrasal verbs)

a Who is looking after the kids? – after is a preposition that introduces

the prepositional phrase after the kids.

b They pick on Joseph – on is a preposition that introduces the

prepositional phrase on Joseph.

c I ran into an old friend – into is a preposition that introduces the

prepositional phrase into an old friend.

The difference between these types of phrasal verbs lies with the status of the element(s) that appear in addition to the verb When the element is a

preposition, it is the head of a full prepositional phrase and the phrasal verb is a thus a prepositional phrasal verb When the element is a particle, it can

not (or no longer) be construed as a preposition, but rather it is a particle by virtue of the fact that it does not take a complement Finally, many phrasal verbs are combined with both a preposition and a particle

Get across

= to communicate.

= to make someone understand something.

Get at

1 = to reach, to access to something.

2 = to suggest something indirectly, to imply.

Get away

1 = to go away from someone or something

2 = to escape from someone who is chasing you.

3 = to have a holiday.

exercises Although I couldn't speak the language,I managed to _my meaning _when necessary

The cupboard is too high for me to _

Your meaning didn't really _

He's not very good at _his idea

getting

Get across

across

get at.

1) _from that cake! Get away

2) They tried to from the police but they weren't quick enoughGet away

3) We hope to _for a couple of weeks around Christmas.get away