Phrasal verbsOnline version What are phrasal verbs? How to use them? Differences between transitive and intransitive verbs. by John Barry 1 What are phrasal verbs? Probably, you know this verb, right? Well, this is a "phrasal verb"... Can you try to explain what a phrasal verb is? 2 Phrasal verbs Yeap, you're right! A phrasal verb is a regular or "normal" verb plus ( + ) a preposition or adverb which creates a meaning different from the original verb (sometimes you might see two prepositions). 3 Phrasal verbs I bet you know this one too, huh? 4 Transitive and intransitive verbs A transitive verb needs an object: I made up the story.(the story is the object in the sentence). An intransitive verb does not need an object. David suddenly showed up. Look at the picture. Is the verb "kick" transitive or intransitive? 5 Separable Some transitive phrasal verbs are separable. The object is placed between the verb and the preposition. Example: She looked the phone number up.In this case, the phrasal verb is... LOOK UP.You can look up something, or look something up. 6 Inseparable Some transitive phrasal verbs are inseparable. The object is placed after the preposition. Example:I ran into an old friend yesterday.They are looking into the problem.What are the phrasal verbs here? 7 WARNING! If the object is a pronoun, you must put the object between the verb and the preposition.Example: I looked the number up in the phone book. I looked up the number in the phone book. I looked it up in the phone book. Correct. I looked up it in the phone book. Incorrect.
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