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MULTI- prepositional verbs look for search for something or I lost my keys. I must look for
WORD someone them.
VERBS look at look in the direction of I was looking at him when he
something or someone smiled.
phrasal verbs look up search for and find You can look up my number in
information in a reference the telephone directory.
book
look after take care of Who is looking after the baby?
PHRASAL VERBS
Phrasal verbs are made of verb + adverb
direct object
transitive put off postpone We will have to put off the meeting.
phrasal
verbs turn down refuse They turned down my offer.
When phrasal verbs are transitive (that is, they have a direct object), we can usually separate the two parts. For
example, "turn down" is a separable phrasal verb. We can say: "turn down my offer" or "turn my offer down".
Look at this table:
However, if the direct object is a pronoun, we have no choice. We must separate the phrasal verb and insert the
pronoun between the two parts. Look at this example with the separable phrasal verb "switch on":
direct object John switched on the radio. These are all possible.
pronouns
must go
between the John switched the radio on.
two parts of
transitive
phrasal verbs John switched it on.
PREPOSITIONAL VERBS
EXAMPLES
PREPOSITIONAL VERBS MEANING
direct object
Prepositional verbs cannot be separated. That means that we cannot put the direct object between the two parts.
For example, we must say "look after the baby". We cannot say "look the baby after":
It is a good idea to write "something/somebody" in your vocabulary book when you learn a new prepositional
verb, like this:
• believe in something/somebody
• look after sthg/sby
This reminds you that this verb needs a direct object (and where to put it).
PHRASAL-PREPOSITIONAL VERBS
Phrasal-prepositional verbs are a small group of multi-word verbs made from a verb plus another word or words..
Phrasal-prepositional verbs are made of: verb + adverb + preposition
Look at these examples of phrasal-prepositional verbs:
direct object
get on with have a friendly relationship with He doesn't get on with his wife.
Because phrasal-prepositional verbs end with a preposition, there is always a direct object. And, like prepositional
verbs, phrasal-prepositional verbs cannot be separated. Look at these examples:
It is a good idea to write "something/somebody" in your vocabulary book when you learn a new phrasal-
prepositional verb, like this:
• get on with somebody
• put up with sthg/sby
• run out of something
This reminds you that this verb needs a direct object (and where to put it).
Source: englishclub.com
On the next page you can learn more about the prepositional verbs.
Try to match each verb to the preposition, and then, using a dictionary, try to explain the meaning they convey (or
translate them into Portuguese). Use the prepositions from each box placed above to fill in the table. Note that there
may be more than one possibility.
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from at of for to in
into to with on
at on to about for
Now you have to memorise them, but not all at once!!!! You should do it in phases… ☺
G☺☺D W☺RK!!!!