PHRASAL VERBS

I- DEFINITION:
1- Form:

:

Verb + Particle (s) = Phrasal verb
Preposition:
on, in, at, after,
off, with,
about...

Adverb: over,
up, down, into,
away...

Go:
Go away, go on, go
over, go off, go
down with, go in

2- Meaning:

Meaning of
MAIN VERB

Meaning of
PARTICLE

Meaning of
PHRASAL
VERB

eat

+

out

=

eat out

•Eat to live not live to eat.
•She was wet because she was out in the rain.
 Let's eat out today.
look

+

down

+

on

=

look down on

•Look! The bus is coming.
•She is going down town.
•There is a cat on the fence.
 She's so conceited. She always looks down on everybody.

II. CLASSIFICATION:
1. INTRANSITIVE:

Examples:
• The patient passed away.
• What time do you often get up?
• The supermarket closed down because they didn't have many customer

2. TRANSITIVE :

Examples:
• She took after her mother.
• Jack made up the ghost story to prevent me.
• Please take off your shoes when entering this room.

3. SEPARABLE:

•Turn on the light = Turn the light on
•I will pick up you at 7 p.m. = I will pick you up at 7 p.m.
•She turned down my invitation = She turned my invitation down.

4. NON-SEPARABLE:

•She was looking for the passport which she had lost.
( ≠ looking the passport for)
•I can't live on my teaching salary.(≠ live my salary on)
•He ran away quickly. (≠ ran quickly away)
Note:

- transitive: separable and non-separable.
- intransitive: non-separable

III. STUDY TIPS:
1. Try to guess the meaning- base on:
•
particle
•
context
Ex: The bomb went off when there were thousands
of people at the stadium.

2. Look up in a dictionary.
3. Make notes or put in sentences.

Up
1. An upward movement:
2. An increase, an improvement:
3. Completing, ending:
4. Approaching:
Examples:
•We left early, just as the Sun was coming up.
•Sales have gone up recently.
•We used up all the eggs for this cake.
•I waited for him but he never showed up

IV. PRACTICE:

1. Make Phrasal verbs of “TURN” with these particles:
on

off

down

up

over

round

1. I love this song! Do you mind if I turn ………. the volume?
2. Turn ……… the lights and go to bed.
3. Turn ……… the oven, I want to bake a pizza.
4. Turn the page…..….! The information you are looking for is on the
other side.
5. Turn………! Is that Bob over there?
6. Please turn ……….. the music, I am speaking on the phone.
 

1. Make Phrasal verbs of “TURN” with these particles:
on

off

down

up

over

round

1. I love this song! Do you mind if I turn …up……. the volume?
2. Turn …off…… the lights and go to bed.
3. Turn … on…… the oven, I want to bake a pizza.
4. Turn the page….over.….! The information you are looking for is on the other side.
5. Turn……round… ! We are going the wrong way.
6. Please turn …down….. the music, I am speaking on the phone.
 

2. Use the correct form of phrasal verbs to fill in the blanks:
turn up - arrive at - look after - go off - go over

1. After months of discussions they finally………….…a decision.
2. You should……..…..your research paper before you hand it in.
3. I woke up when my alarm clock…….…. .
4. He invited a lot of his friends to the party but few of them….……
5. She will go back to work if her mother……………the children.
(source Quang Binh*/ 2012-2013)

2. Use the correct form of phrasal verbs to fill in the blanks:
turn up - arrive at - look after - go off - go over
1. After months of discussions, they finally arrived at a decision.
2. You should go over your research paper before you hand it in.
3. I woke up when my alarm clock went off.
4. He invited many friends to the party but few of them turned up.
5. She will go back to work if her mother looks after the children.
(source Quang Binh*/ 2012-2013)

3. Choose the best answers:
1. When the bus stops, passengers……………….
A. get on
B. get off
C. get in

D. get on with 
( source: Dong Thap* 2012-13 )

2. Sue was offered a job as a translator but she …
A. gave it away    B. turned it down C. made it up
D. filled it in
( source: Thai Nguyen* 2012-13 )
3.If we ______wasting water , there will be a shortage of fresh water
A. go out
B. go up 
C. go in
D. go on
(source : Bac Ninh 2015-16)
4. It's dark in here. Please ….all the lights,.
A. Turn off
B. cut off
C. Turn on
D. Go on
(source: Bac Ninh 2016-17)

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