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What are phrasal verbs?
Phrasal Verbs List #1
Phrasal Verbs List #2
Phrasal Verbs List #3
Most Common Phrasal Verbs
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Which of the following is not a phrasal verb? a) to accomplish b) look forward to c) cut down d) put off
a) to accomplish
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To get control of something (ex. property, land, power, etc.)
Take over
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To wear; to cover your body with something
Put on
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To undress
take off
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To meet someone by chance
Run into
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Phrasal verbs can be transitive and intransitive. Explain the two types.
Transitive phrasal verb can have objects (noun or pronouns). Intransitive phrasal verbs do not take objects.
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Please complete the sentences. She gets up ____________. He grew up ___________.
No objects. Both get up and grow up are intransitive phrasal verbs.
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To be accepted in a group;
Fit in
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To cancel
call off
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To arrive, appear at a place
Show up
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Which sentence did NOT use a transitive phrasal verb correctly? a) Michael handed in his homework. b) He looked up the answer on the internet. c) Can you turn on the music? d) We could not blow up it.
d) We could not blow up it.
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Complete the sentence. Keep on ___________.
keep on + gerund
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To discover, learn information
Find out
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Which phrasal verb best completes the sentence? a) There are so much good food here! It's really difficult to (pick one up/ pick one out).
pick out= to choose
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To find something by chance
Come across
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Unscramble the words to make sentences. If more than one answer is possible, you must give both. down/calm/them/ Then, give the meaning of the phrasal verb.
Calm them down. Calm down: to get less excited
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To change something bad or disagreement, usually for something better.
Straighten out
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(Transitive) To make something to exist; to build/arrange/establish something
Set up
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Complete the question. If two answers are possible, you must give both. Wow! I was thinking about buying that car. Can I ______________?
try it out? or try out the car?
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To think of something such as ideas
Come up with
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Unscramble the words to make sentences. If more than one answer is possible, you must give both. please/rid/your clothes/get/of Then, give the meaning of the phrasal verb.
Please get rid of your clothes. Get rid of your clothes, please. Get rid of: to trash, to remove
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Provide phrasal verbs that best completes sentences. 1) _____________ the TV or the computer. 2) _____________ the homework. 3) _____________ the word in the dictionary. 4) _____________ the bus.
1) turn on 2) hand in 3) look up 4) get off
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Which phrasal verb best completes the sentence? a) Scientists (set up/ set out) to discover a cure for cancer.
Set out
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Provide two meanings of the phrasal verb: work out
work out= to exercise work out= to resolve; to find a solution to a problem
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To look after something or someone
Take care of