PHRASAL VERBS ENGLISH GRAMMER IN LPU ENGLISH

PHRASAL VERBS ENGLISH GRAMMER IN LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY

1. LET’S INTERPRET... Here’s a key so you can let yourself in.

2. PHRASAL VERBS

3. We can use many verbs together with another word to form phrasal verbs. But what are phrasal verbs? The same verb can go with several different words to form phrasal verbs with different meanings.

4. Is there anything else I should know? Yes! The meaning of a phrasal verb is not always clear from the two parts.

5. I usually get up at seven o'clock but today I slept in . VERB + ADVERB VERB + ADVERB + OBJECT VERB + ADVERB + PREPOSITION LET’S RECOGNIZE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PHRASAL VERBS

6. I was really looking forward to watching this movie! RECOGNIZE THE TYPE OF PHRASAL VERBS... Children, can you put your toys away now please? Can’t we put them away later?

7. When do we have to give in the homework? We have to give it in tomorrow. When the object is a pronoun, it goes between the two parts of the verb.

8. When the object is a noun, there are two possible positions: Tim cleared up the mess. Tim cleared the mess up . NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE...

9. NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE IN MEANING The store is giving away books today . I'm very excited to talk about this once the movie is out, because I can't give the details away. Phrasal verbs can have multiple meanings.

10. LET’S ANALYSE LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE MEANING... Look up ! There’s a plane! Let’s look up the meaning of this word in a dictionary.

11. We often use on/off/out etc. with verbs of movement. For example: get on The bus was full. We couldn't get on. drive off A woman got into the car and drove off. come back Sarah is leaving tomorrow and coming back on Saturday. turn round When I touched him on the shoulder, he turned round.

12. But often the second word (on/off/out etc.) gives a special meaning to the verb. break down Sorry I'm late. The car broke down. (= the engine stopped working) look out Look out! There's a car coming. (= be careful) take off It was my first flight, t was nervous as the plane took off. (= went into the air)

13. LET’S LOOK AT SOME COMMONLY USED PHRASAL VERBS...

14. drop in = visit somebody for a short time without arranging to do this I dropped in to see Chris on my way home. join in = take part in an activity that is already going on They were playing cards, so I joined in. leave something out = omit it, not include it In the sentence 'She said that she was ill', you can leave out the word ‘that'.

15. cross something out / rub something out Some of the names on the list had been crossed out. get on = progress How are you getting on in your new job? (= How is it going?) keep on doing something = do it continuously or repeatedly He keeps on criticising me. I'm fed up with it!

16. doze off / drop off / nod off = fall asleep The Lecture wasn't very interesting. In fact I dozed off in the middle of it. put somebody off (doing something) = cause somebody not to want something or to do something We wanted to go to the exhibition, but we were put off by the long queue.