TWO- WORD VERBS.pptx

TWO- WORD VERBS

1. TWO-WORD VERBS (Separable) Team #6: Avalos Rafael Rodríguez Paolette

2. Means “ to telephone ” someone. Ex: Call up Mary. Call Mary up. Call her up. CALL UP:

3. TURN ON: Means “ start the flow of electricity / water /gas ” Ex: Turn on the TV. Turn the TV on. Turn it on.

4. TURN OFF: Means “ stop the flow of electricity / water /gas ” Ex: Turn off the radio. Turn the radio off. Turn it off.

5. PUT ON: Means “ to dress ” Ex: Put on the dress. Put the dress on. Put it on.

6. TAKE OFF: Means “undress/remove” Ex: Take off your sweater. Take your sweater off. Take it off.

7. THROW OUT: Means “ discard ” Ex: Throw out your old magazines. Throw your old magazines out. Throw them out.

8. CROSS OUT: Means “ eliminate ” Ex: Cross out the mistakes Cross the mistakes out Cross them out

9. Means “ to write all necessary information in special spaces on a document (application form).” Ex : Fill out the blanks Fill the blanks out Fill them out FILL OUT:

10. HAND IN / TURN IN: Means “ submit” Ex: Hand in your homework Hand your homework in Hand it in

11. HANG UP: Means “fasten a picture to a wall, to put on a clothesline, to finish a telephone conversation by putting the receiver down.” Ex: Hang up the picture. Hang the picture up. Hang it up. Hang up the telephone. Hang the telephone up. Hang it up.

12. HOOK UP: Means “A temporary connection between two pieces of equipment such as computers. Or between a piece of equipment and an electricity or water supply.” Ex: Hook up your computer Hook your computer up. Hook it up.

13. PICK UP: Means “collect something or someone.” Ex : I picked up the clothes at the cleaner’s. I picked them up.

14. Means “display, show.” Ex : The salespeople set out the merchandise in beautiful boxes. The salespeople set the merchandise out in beautiful boxes. SET OUT:

15. KEEP ON: Means “Continue doing something.” Ex : I told him to be quiet but he keep on making noise.

16. GIVE UP: Means “To cease to do or perform To desist from” Ex : She gave up her search. He gave up drinking alcohol.