grammA phrasal verb is a verb + a preposition or adverb resulting in a new verb with a different meaning.

The meaning of the combination cannot usually be guessed from its separate parts, although this becomes clearer when you become familiar with how prepositions work.

Why do I need to learn phrasal verbs? Because they are used all the time in everyday English and you need to know them in order to understand and speak natural English. They are not used so frequently in business writing, but the commons one are. Therefore, it is important to learn the ones that are used most often.

Phrasal verbs consist of a verb and another word or phrase, usually a preposition. The resulting combination creates what amounts to a new verb, whose meaning can sometimes be puzzling to non-native speakers.

The problem with phrasal verbs is that their meaning is often, at first, difficult to guess, and they often mean several different things.

So, some phrasal verbs will have a literal meaning as well as an idiomatic meaning.

To look over, for instance can mean to see over something, a wall, for example; it can also mean to peruse or examine.

If someone chooses to turn up the street that is a combination of a verb and a preposition, but it is not a phrasal verb. It is a colloquial expression which means that you are turning into a road when driving.

On the other hand, if your neighbours unexpectedly turn up (appear) at a party or your brother turns up his radio, those are phrasal verbs. To come out, we are told, has eighteen different meanings.

As mentioned earlier, common phrasal Verbs are often used in business writing. They are used to express the combination of two ideas, usually involving an action, and a location, or a direction. In the sections that follow we'll introduce you to some phrasal verbs often used in business writing. We'll divide them into two areas: 1) Separable, and 2) Inseparable.

FOR THE FULL LESSON PLEASE LOG IN AND GO TO:
Using Phrasal Verbs (Part 1): Separable Phrasal Verbs

(includes lesson notes + interactive practice exercises)


Separable Phrasal Verbs

Sometimes we can separate the two parts of a phrasal verb. If the object is a noun, we can put it in two places:

We have used up all the photocopy paper. (=used all the stock)
We have used all the photocopy paper up.

If the object is a pronoun (i.e. me, you, him, it, etc.), it must come after the verb:

We have used it up. (NOT: used up it)

Here is a list of common separable phrasal verbs. Use your dictionary to look up the meaning of those you aren't familiar with.

back ... up
build ... up
buy ... out
close ... down
cut ... off
fill ... in/out
give ... up
help ... out
hold ... up
keep ... down
look ... up
make .... up
pick ... up
put ... off/down
run ... down
take ... over
try ... out
turn ... on/off

Examples of usage:

We backed up the computer files today.
We backed them up today.
X  We backed up them today.

Have you filled in the form?
Have you filled it in?
X  Have you filled in it?

Could you help James out with his proposal?
Could you help him out with his proposal?
X  Could you help out him with his proposal?

They closed the company down last August.
They closed it down last August.
X  They closed down it last August.

 
Menu
?> hacklink al dizi film izle film izle yabancı dizi izle fethiye escort bayan escort - vip elit escort erotik film izle hack forum türk ifşa the prepared organik hit jojobetbetturkeybets10 güncelcasibombahsegel güncel girişhitbetmarsbahis twitteronwin girişultrabet güncelcasibomPusulabetPiabellacasinobet pasdeneme bonusu veren sitelerjojobetMeritking NewsbetofficebetofficemeritkingmeritkingMeritkingMeritkingMeritking Telegramjojobet girişmatadorbetmatadorbet girişcasibomcasibombabilonbetbabilonbetbabilonbet girişbabilonbet güncel girişbabilonbet girişbabilonbet güncel girişbabilonbet yeni girişbabilonbet girişonwincasibom giriş