{"id":3088,"date":"2022-04-05T06:25:27","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T06:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4><strong>What are Phrasal Verbs?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/phrasal-verbs\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">phrasal verb<\/a> that combines a normal verb"},"modified":"2022-05-10T11:04:10","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T11:04:10","slug":"phrasal-verbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/phrasal-verbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Phrasal Verbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"words-head\" id=\"words-1129062661\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5017566440575750\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3340569236\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What are Phrasal Verbs?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/phrasal-verbs\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">phrasal verb<\/a> that combines a normal verb with an adverb or a preposition to create an entirely new verbal phrase is called the phrasal verb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A phrasal verb is a verb like <strong>pick up<\/strong>, <strong>turn on<\/strong> or <strong>get on with<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phrasal verbs consist of a verb and a preposition or an adverb:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table  class=\" table table-hover\" ><tbody><tr><td><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Verb<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Preposition\/adverb<\/span><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>get<\/td><td>up<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>go<\/td><td>through<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>write<\/td><td>down<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>take<\/td><td>after<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sometimes phrasal verbs consist of three elements:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table  class=\" table table-hover\" ><tbody><tr><td><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Verb<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Preposition \/ adverb 1<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Preposition \/&nbsp;adverb 2<\/span><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>look<\/td><td>forward<\/td><td>to<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>put<\/td><td>up<\/td><td>with<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>sit<\/td><td>in<\/td><td>for<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You can see that there are three types of phrasal verbs formed from a single-word verb:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table  class=\" table table-hover\" ><tbody><tr><td><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Single-word verb<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Verb<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Meaning<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Example<\/span><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><strong>Look&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td>direct your eyes in a certain direction<\/td><td>You must look before you leap.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table  class=\" table table-hover\" ><tbody><tr><td><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Phrasal verb<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Verb<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Meaning<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Example<\/span><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>verb + adverb<\/strong><\/td><td>look up<\/td><td>to try to find a piece of information by looking in a book or on a computer<\/td><td>You can look up the word in a dictionary.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>verb + preposition<\/strong><\/td><td>look after<\/td><td>take care of<\/td><td>Who is looking after the baby?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>verb + adverb + preposition<\/strong><\/td><td>Look forward to<\/td><td>await eagerly<\/td><td>She is looking forward to visiting Paris.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Types of phrasal verbs<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>There are four types of phrasal verbs, divided into two pairs: transitive and intransitive; separable and inseparable.&nbsp;<\/li><li>A phrasal verb can belong to only one of each pair, but keep in mind that all separable phrasal verbs are transitive.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Transitive phrasal verbs<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Transitive phrasal verbs use a direct object, just like normal transitive verbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>She looked at the magazine and then put it down.<\/li><li>What a pretty dress! Why don\u2019t you try it on?<\/li><li>If you\u2019ve got a good idea, bring it up at the meeting.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Intransitive phrasal verbs<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Intransitive phrasal verbs do not use an object.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>My colleague and I get on really well.<\/li><li>This car is terrible. It breaks down all the time!<\/li><li>I don&#8217;t like to get up.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><br><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Separable phrasal verbs<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>With transitive phrasal verbs, you can sometimes put the direct object in between the words, for example, \u201cmade up.\u201d<\/li><li>Sometimes, the preposition\/adverb is placed either after the verb or after the object.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Mary made up a really entertaining story.<\/li><li>They turned my offer down.<\/li><li>I really like this dress. Can I try it on?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Inseparable phrasal verbs<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Inseparable phrasal verbs cannot be split up and must be used together.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The wayward son carried on without his father.<\/li><li>I came across some old photos in a drawer.<\/li><li>I had to run to get on the train, but I made it!<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A phrasal verb that combines a normal verb with an adverb or a preposition to create an entirely new verbal phrase is called the phrasal verb.<\/p>\n<p>A phrasal verb is a verb like pick up, turn on or get on with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[146,26,25,11],"tags":[29,28,308],"class_list":["post-3088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-phrases","category-english","category-english-grammar","category-verb","tag-english","tag-grammar","tag-phrasal-verbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}