Phrasal Verbs

The term phrasal verb is commonly applied to two or three distinct but related constructions in English: a verb and a particle and/or a preposition co-occur forming a single semantic unit. This semantic unit cannot be understood based upon the meanings of the individual parts in isolation, but rather it must be taken as a whole. In other words, the meaning is non-compositional and thus unpredictable.^[1] Phrasal verbs that include a preposition are known as prepositional verbs and phrasal verbs that include a particle are also known as particle verbs. Additional alternative terms for phrasal verb are compound verb, verb-adverb combination, verb-particle construction, two-part word/verb, and three-part word/verb (depending on the number of particles), and multi-word verb.^[2]

Examples:

Verb + preposition (prepositional phrasal verbs)^{[citation needed]}

a. Who is looking after the kids? - after is a preposition that introduces the prepositional phrase after the kids.

b. They pick on Billy. - on is a preposition that introduces the prepositional phrase on Billy.

c. I ran into an old friend. - into is a preposition that introduces the prepositional phrase into an old friend.^[4]

d. She takes after her mother. - after is a preposition that introduces the prepositional phrase after her mother.

e. Sam passes for a linguist. - for is a preposition that introduces the prepositional phrase for a linguist.

f. You should stand by your friend. - by is a preposition that introduces the prepositional phrase by your friend.

Verb + particle (particle phrasal verbs)

a. They brought that up twice. - up is a particle, not a preposition.

b. You should think it over. - over is a particle, not a preposition.

c. Why does he always dress down? - down is a particle, not a preposition.

d. You should not give in so quickly. in is a particle, not a preposition.

e. Where do they want to hang out? - out is a particle, not a preposition.

f. She handed it in. - in is a particle, not a preposition.

Now we are going to learn, NO, better we are going to acquire some phrasal verbs, using pictures that represent the meaning of the phrasal verbs, then  you are going to find out what they express or communicate in different contexts.  If the image is not meaningful you can make up your own picture, first you are going to create a mental image then you can draw it.

Lets Star!

Take off      

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