PHRASAL VERBS
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PHRASAL VERBS Emszt Fanni
PROSPECTS: Phrasal and prepositional verbs • Description: these are verbs in which two or three parts combine (look after, break down, put off, put up with) • In some cases the combination means almost the same as the verb alone (wake up, sit down) • Often it’s meaning is quite different from the meaning of the parts separately (look after =take care of, break down =stop working, put off =postpone, put up with =tolerate)
Verbs with prepositions • They always have objects (they are transitive verbs) and it is not possible to separate the verb and it’s object (somebody, something). • There are a few ‘three word’ verbs (put up with, go in for, get up to) which work grammatically the same as other prepositional verbs.
Verbs with particles (phrasal verbs) • They are different from prepositional verbs. • Unlike prepositional verbs, they can be intransitive: The giant’s dog woke up. • However, most of them do have objects: let somebody/something out, put off something
Word order with phrasal verbs • If the object is a noun, it is usually possible to put this before the particle or after it: • The noise woke the giant up. • The noise woke up the giant.
Word order with phrasal verbs • But if the object is a pronoun, it must come before the particle: • Don’t wake him up! (Don’t wake up the giant, Don’t wake the giant up) • He kept putting it off. (He kept putting off the day.)
If a phrasalorprepositionalverb is followedbyanotherverb, thesecondverbisusuallyingerund • I must get on with reading my book. • The giant carried on throwing rocks all day.
HEADWAY • Phrasal and prepositional verbs are referred to as multi-word verbs in this coursebook. • Description: many verbs in English are followed by a preposition or an adverb. These verbs are called multi-word verbs (prepositional or phrasal verbs)