8/11/2019 PV Theory

1/5

Getting

Started

What

is

a

phrasal

verb?

A

phrasal

verb

is a verb

plus

one or two

particles.

Here arc

some

cornmon verbs: bring,

get,

go, put,

take, turn.

Here

are sorne

common particles:

up,

down, otlt, in, off,

on.

Some

teachers call them

prepositions

or adverbs, but

it is

easier to tl-rink of

them as all

'particles'.

Here are

some

examples of

phlasal

verbs:

bring

in

go

off

take

out

get

on

with

To lmclerstancl what a ohrasal

verb

is. lct

us look

at the verb

GET:

GET as an

ordinary

verb:

Can

1.ou

get

me

a

glass

of

milk?

GET with one or two

particles

to form

phrasal verbs:

(iET

IN: The

wirrclow

was open. A thief

got

in ancl

stole

the r.ideo

.

(enter)

GET ON WITH: W'e

don't

get

on

with our

neighbours.

(Ve

arcn't

friendh'to

each

other.)

Plcase

get

on with

lour

N'ork.

(Please

contirlue u'ith

rour

work.)

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see

tbat

sorne

plst'ctsal

t,erbs dre eas-')', ctttcl scttne are ntore

dfficult

tct

unclerstcrncl. WTtrking tbrough tbe

exercises

in tbis bctctk tttill belp

you

unclerstand

lbese rerbs

u

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