PHRASAL VERBS Ana Garca Anastasia Busto Introduction Verbs

PHRASAL VERBS Ana García & Anastasia Busto

Introduction • Verbs formed by more than one part. -Verb + prepositional particle ◦ To look at. • Types -Verb + adverbial particle ◦ To carry out.

• Phrasal verbs have not the same meaning of their components. • It’s better to learn them individually. • Example: (to) fall away: disminuir/desaparecer/desprenderse.

Using phrasal verbs • Phrasal verbs are mostly used in informal speech. Informal to put off to go up Formal to postpone to increase

Meaning of phrasal verbs • Some phrasal verbs have more than one meaning depending in the context. ▫ He asked her to stop singing as it was putting him off. ▫ The football match has been put off until next week. ▫ Don’t be put off if you can do it straight away. ▫ Would you put off the light before you leave?

Word order restrictions • Sometimes the object may be situated between or after the particles (the meaning does not change) ▫ We did our bathroom up last year. OBJECT ▫ We did up our bathroom last year. OBJECT

Word order restrictions • Some verbs can only take the object after the second particle of the verb. • Example: She has fallen for the boy who lives next door.

Word order restrictions • If object = pronoun. The object must go between the different parts of the verb. • Example: We did it up by ourselves

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