Phrasal Verbs

Grammar Presentation

PHRASAL VERBS

Transitive Phrasal Verbs
Subject	Verb	Particle	Object (Noun)
He	put	on	his lab coat.
	helped	out	His students.

Subject	Verb	Object (Noun / Pronoun)	Particle
He	put	his lab coat	on.
		it
	helped	his students	out.
		them

Intransitive Phrasal Verbs
Subject	Verb	Particle
She	started	over.
He	grew	up	In Texas.
They	got	back	early.

Grammar Notes                                                                 Examples

1.      Phrasal verbs (also called two-word verbs) are made  up of a verb + particle.	verb + particle ·         He put on his lab coat.
On, off, up, down, in, and out are common particles.	verb + particle ·         She pointed out a problem.
Particles and preposition look the same. However, particles are part of the verb phrase, and they often change the meaning of the verb.	verb + preposition ·         She’s looking up at the sky. (She’s looking in the direction of the sky.)                 verb + particle ·         She’s looking up the word. (She’s searching for the word in the dictionary.)
2.      USAGE NOTE: Many phrasal verbs and one-word verbs have similar meanings. Phrasal verbs are often less formal, and they are more common in everyday speech.	Phrasal Verb    One-Word Verb (less formal)         (more formal) bring up            raise figure out          solve go on                  continue pick out             select take off              remove wake up            awaken
3.      Phrasal verbs can be transitive or intransitive. Transitive phrasal verbs have objects. Most transitive phrasal verbs are separable. This means that the object can come:            ·         after the verb + particle             or            ·         between the verb and its particle Ø                     Be careful! When the object is a pronoun, it must come between       the verb and the particle.	phrasal verb   +   object ·         He set up an experiment.                    phrasal verb   +   object ·         They figured out the problems.            verb   +    particle   +   object ·         We dropped off the students. or                   verb        +     object      +    particle   ·         We dropped the students off.                                   object   ·         We dropped them off. NOT We dropped off them.
4.      Some phrasal verbs are intransitive. Intransitive phrasal verbs do not have objects.	·         Dr. Rodriguez grew up in Texas. ·         He got back late.