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Phrasal verbs. Lányi Dorottya. Phrasal verbs and prepositional verbs: -a verb combined with an adverb or a preposition, or sometimes both, to give a new meaning, for example go in for , win over and see to
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Phrasalverbs Lányi Dorottya
Phrasal verbs and prepositional verbs: -a verb combined with an adverb or a preposition, or sometimes both, to give a new meaning, for example go in for, win over and see to -in some cases the combination means almost the same as the verb alone (wake up, sit down) - Its meaning is usually 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
Phrasal verbs vs prepositional verbs according to the position of the object
In the case of PHRASAL VERBS… -Can be transitive (A transitive verb can be followed by an object.)and intransitive( An intransitive verb cannot be followed by an object, e.g: He suddenly showed up. "show up" cannot take an object)
Prepositional verbs: -Transitive verbs prep. verbs are inseparable
Phrasal-prepositional verbs • Verb+ adverb+ preposition • E.g: getonwith He doesn’t getonwithhiswife. -phrasal-prep. verb has directobjectbecausethey end with a prep. Verb • Howtoteachit? (tip)
Success Intermediate • Unit 1 and 2 • Phrasal verbs are introduced through a text • Ss have to match phrasal verbs with meanings • The difference btw phrasal and prep. verbs is not mentioned and not introduced
PracticePhrasalorprep. verborboth? • Brian asked Judy out to dinner and a movie. • John is waitingfor Mary. • Our car broke down at the side of the highway in the snowstorm. • Didyoutalkaboutme? • Our teacher broke the final project down into three separate parts. • I believeinGod. • I won’ t putupwithyourattitude. • He is lookingafterthe dog.
source • http://speakspeak.com/resources/english-grammar-rules/various-grammar-rules/phrasal-verbs-structure-and-examples • http://a4esl.org/q/j/ck/fb-phrasalverbs.html