Distinguishing Four Particles Up Out Off Down Now

Distinguishing Four Particles— Up, Out, Off, Down

Ø Now we will learn the meanings of up, off, out, down and their examples in phrasal verbs. Ø See how those particles affect the meaning of some phrasal verbs.

Ø It usually means “completely”, which is used to describe an action. Ø It is also used to mean “create”- a new thing or new idea.

Meanings of Up & Examples: Completely: v v v Blow up 爆炸 Tear up 撕碎 Break up 打碎 Chew up 嚼碎 Burn up 燒光 Create, …起: v v Make up 捏造 Think up 想出 Put up 建造 Stir up 引起

¥ It means that the function of something is different from the way it used to be. ¥ It also means showing people sth. Or discovering some new things unknown before.

Out--- Meanings & Examples: 脫離… …出, 發現 Break out爆發 ¶ Point out指出 ¶ Blow out爆裂 ¶ Pick out撿出 ¶ Wear out 穿破 ¶ ¶ Burn out斷電 Figure out, Find out發現 ¶

Quiz: Remember: Stick up豎起 Stick out伸出 1. It seems that Peter just got up, for his back hair stick up. out of 2. Don't stick your tongue your mouth; it's impolite.

Ï It is often used to describe the condition of something that is going to separate into maybe two parts. Ï It also concerns about the action of leaving.

Meanings of Off & Examples: …斷: ³ ³ ³ Blow off 吹掉 Tear off 撕斷 Chew off 嚼斷 Leave: ³ See off 送行 ³ Take off 起飛 ³ Lay off 解雇 ³ Keep off 遠離

Contrast: Up Clean up 清潔環境 Out Clean out 清出倒出 Down Clean off 清理附著物 Sweep up 清掃乾淨 Sweep out Sweep off 掃除附著 打掃掉 Cut up 切碎 Cut out 切除 Cut off 切斷

Quiz Time: 1. The maid will clean the room before the up guests arrive. 2. He spent a whole day cleaning the posters off on the wall. 3. We need to clean can store things out that closet so that we

n It is used to describe something broken, referring to something "big", such as, buildings, fence, or cars. n It is also used to illustrate something decreasing its power, for example: typhoon, or the speed of a car.

Meanings & Examples of Down: …毀, (通常指大物件) 降低, …下: « Blow down吹倒 « Slow down減速 « Tear down拆除 Burn down燒毀 « Turn down減低音量 « Take down取下 « Lie down躺下 « Break down拋錨 « Wear down磨損

Test Your Memory 1. The airplane blew up suddenly. 2. The roof of the house was blown off during the storm. 3. One of our tires blew out on our trip to Teisan. 4. The wind blew down the woody house.