Phrasal Verbs for Education, Definition and Example Sentences
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Phrasal Verbs
It is generally used with a verb, an adverb, or a preposition. An adverb or preposition added to the main verb changes the meaning of the actual verb, giving it a different meaning. Since it has a different meaning, it becomes an idiomatic verb. For example, if the preposition “up” is added to the verb “give”, we get the idiomatic verb “Give up” and it gains a new meaning regardless of the meaning of the two words that make it up.
Phrasal Verbs are divided into two as “separable” and “inseparable”.
Separable Phrasal Verbs
If a phrasal verb is separable, we can place the object between the main verb and the preposition or add it to the end of the phrasal verb phrase without separating it at all.
Inseparable Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal verb type that cannot be placed in the middle of the phrasal verb phrase of the object of the sentence, therefore, must be used side by side and cannot be divided, is called “Inseparable phrasal verbs”. As an example, let’s use the phrasal verb “come across”, which is a combination of the words “come” and “across”, in a few sentences.
Take up
Definition: Start doing a new activity
Example Sentences: Mark taken up football yesterday.
Be into
Definition: Be interested in sth in active way
Example Sentences: Are you into Spanish?
Catch up with
Definition: Improve and reach the same standard as other people
Example Sentences: I need to catch up with Mary.
Fall behind
Definition: make less progress than others
Example Sentences: If you fall behind, you do not make progress.
Read up on
Definition: Study something by reading a lot about it
Example Sentences: I was very interested in the topic of the class so at home I read up on it.
Hand out
Definition: Give sth to each person in a group
Example Sentences: Would you hand these papers out for me?
