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Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal Verbs. Two or three word verbs take up get out hang out with Usually action verbs with result dig up put on send off. Most Common Particles/Prepositions. UP OUT add up, catch up, get up, tune up find out, get out, knock out, sit out. What Makes Phrasal Verbs Difficult.

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Phrasal Verbs

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  1. Phrasal Verbs

  2. Two or three word verbs • take up • get out • hang out with • Usually action verbs with result • dig up • put on • send off

  3. Most Common Particles/Prepositions UPOUT • add up, catch up, get up, tune up • find out, get out, knock out, sit out

  4. What Makes Phrasal Verbs Difficult • Deceptive Transparency: look up, ran out : you know what look, ran and out mean but the meaning is often idiomatic! • Look up the word in the dictionary. • We ran out of Phrasal verbs in different registers: (formal, informal, incl. academic) • Meaning changes depending on the particle: take on, take off, take over, take in • Different registers: (not just informal—even in academics!) • All of the evidence adds up to a significant amount of lead in the paint. • More than one meaning: • After arguing for hours, the couple made up. • Teachers can make up games to make a class lesson more interesting

  5. Correct Usage • Transitive=takes a direct object • I turned down the job offer. • I brought over dinner. • He called out her name. • Intransitive=does not require a direct object • The computer broke down. • Susana got up at 6:00am this morning.

  6. Separable—the particle can be separated from the verb and sometimes in cannot. • John threw out the newspaper. • John threw it out. w/pronouns must separate • Inseparable—the verb and particle have to go together • John and Mary broke up after 5 months of dating.

  7. MEANING • Literal Phrasal Verbs—meaning from the parts • climb up • sit down • pass through • Semi-literal phrasal verbs—not completely obvious meaning but not idiomatic • think through • go through

  8. IDIOMATIC Cannot figure out the meaning from each part: • chew out • tune out • put off • run up • bug off • run up the bill • Still some literal meaning: consider run up the hill

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