English 3 - Multi-Word Verbs

PHRASAL VERBS

Phrasal verbs are a group of multi-word verbs made from a verb plus another word or words. 

Phrasal verbs are made of:

verb + adverb

Phrasal verbs can be:

• intransitive (no direct object)
• transitive (direct object)

Here are some examples of phrasal verbs:

	phrasal verbs	meaning	examples
				direct object
intransitive phrasal verbs	get up	rise from bed	I don't like to get up.
	break down	cease to function	He was late because his car broke down.
transitive phrasal verbs	put off	postpone	We will have to put off	the meeting.
	turn down	refuse	They turned down	my offer.

They, also, can be separable: we can put the direct object between the two parts.


PREPOSITIONAL VERBS

Prepositional verbs are made of:

verb + preposition

Because a preposition always has an object, all prepositional verbs have direct objects. They are unseparable ( we can not put the direct object between the two parts ). Here are some examples of prepositional verbs:

prepositional verbs	meaning	examples
			direct object
believe in	have faith in the existence of	I believe in	God.
look after	take care of	He is looking after	the dog.
talk about	discuss	Did you talk about	me?
wait for	await	John is waiting for	Mary.

PHRASAL - PREPOSITIONAL VERBS: 

hrasal-prepositional verbs are made of:

verb + adverb + preposition

Look at these examples of phrasal-prepositional verbs:

phrasal-prepositional verbs	meaning	examples
			direct object
get on with	have a friendly relationship with	He doesn't get on with	his wife.
put up with	tolerate	I won't put up with	your attitude.
look forward to	anticipate with pleasure	I look forward to	seeing you.
run out of	use up, exhaust	We have run out of	eggs.

Because phrasal-prepositional verbs end with a preposition, there is always a direct object. And, like prepositional verbs, phrasal-prepositional verbs cannot be separated.

EXERCISES

http://www.englishforum.com/cgi-bin/00/interact.pl?05
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-phrasal-verbs_quiz.htm
http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/lefg1_phrasalverbs2.html
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/structures/phrasal_verbs_sentences.htm
http://www.world-english.org/phrasalverbs.htm