Phrasal Verb Rules
Complete the sentence:
Transitive Phrasal Verbs ___________ take a direct object.
Transitive Phrasal Verbs __DO_ take a direct object.
What are the two parts of the phrasal verb?
The VERB and the PARTICLE
(when it's part of a phrasal verb, the preposition no longer functions grammatically as a preposition and is t r a n s f o r m e d into a "particle")Replace the verb with a phrasal verb or adj:
Yusra’s research on improving pharmaceutical issues in Turkey is continuing.
Replace the verb with a phrasal verb:
Yusra’s research on improving pharmaceutical issues in Turkey is going on / ongoing.
Complete the sentence:
Intransitive Phrasal Verbs ___________ take a direct object.
Intransitive Phrasal Verbs __Do NOT_ take a direct object.
The particle up usually suggests what kind of meaning?
- eat up
- stand up
- finish up
completing or finishing something
Replace the verb with a phrasal verb or adj:
Shuang acquired Jarling's delicious custard ice cream for me.
Replace the verb with a phrasal verb or adj:
Shuang picked up Jarling's delicious custard ice cream for me.
With separable phrasal verbs, where can you put the direct object?
1. After the main verb
2. After the particle
The particle on usually suggests what kind of meaning?
- think on
- sleep on
- walk on
continuation of something
Replace the verb with a phrasal verb:
Yuelu will research the similarities between North American and Chinese universities.
Yuelu will look into the similarities between North American and Chinese universities.
With inseparable phrasal verbs, where can you put the direct object?
After the particle (or whole phrasal verb)
The particle back usually suggests what kind of meaning?
- go back
- walk back
- call back
to return, or to return to something or somewhere
Replace the verb with a phrasal verb or adj:
Zhamilya rejected the results of the experiment because there was an issue with one of the instruments.
Zhamilya turned down the results of the experiment because there was an issue with one of the instruments.
If you have an separable transitive phrasal verb and the direct object is a PRONOUN, where can the direct object go?
It must go between the verb and the particle
Ex: Please pick it up after school.
**Pick up it after school.
The particle off usually suggests what kind of meaning?
- take off
- drive off
- walk off
separation or leaving
Replace the verb with a phrasal verb or adj:
Emirhan became very angry at the squirrel who stole his sandwich while he was having a picnic on the quad.
Replace the verb with a phrasal verb or adj:
Emirhan went off at the squirrel who stole his sandwich while he was having a picnic on the quad.