Ive decided to give up smoking.

Multiword verbs

Phrasal verb
Prepositional verb
Phrasal-prepsitional verb

Idiomatic phrases

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Multiword verbs
Multi-word verbs are verbs that consist of more than one word.
The important thing to remember is that a multi-word verb is still a verb. Get
is a verb. Get up, is also a verb, a different verb. Get and get up are two
different verbs. They do not have the same meaning. So you should treat each
multi-word verb as a separate verb, and learn it like any other verb.
Look at these examples. You can see that there are three types of multi-word
verb:
single-word verb
multiword
verbs

prepositional
verbs
phrasal verbs

phrasalprepositional
verbs

look

direct your eyes in You must look

a certain direction before you leap.
look after take care of
Who is looking
after the baby?
look up
search for and find You can look up
information in a
my number in the
reference book
telephone directory.
look
anticipate with
I look forward to
forward
pleasure
meeting you.
to

Phrasal verbs
Phrasal verbs are a group of multi-word verbs made from a verb plus another
word or words. Many people refer to all multi-word verbs as phrasal verbs. On
these pages we make a distinction between three types of multi-word verbs:
prepositional verbs, phrasal verbs and phrasal-prepositional verbs. On this page
we look at phrasal verbs proper.
Phrasal verbs are made of:

RUN OUT
verb + adverb

Phrasal verbs can be:

intransitive (no direct object)

transitive (direct object)

Examples:
phrasal verb meaning

examples
direct object

intransitive
get up
phrasal verbs
break down

transitive
put off
phrasal verbs
turn down

rise from bed I dont like to get

up.
cease to
He was late
fuction
because his car
broke down.
postpone
We will have to put the meeting.
off.
refuse
They turned down my offer.

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Separable Phrasal Verbs

When phrasal verbs are transitive (that is, they have a direct object), we can
usually separate the two parts. For example, turn down is a separable phrasal
verb.
Example:

They turned down my offer.

They turned my offer down.
However, if the direct object is a pronoun, we have no choice. We must separate
the phrasal verb and insert the pronoun between the two parts.
Look at this example with the separable phrasal verb switch on:

Jhon switched on the radio.

Jhon switched the radio on.
Jhon switched it on.
Jhon switched on it. ---> This is not possible.

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Idiomatic phrases
An idiomatic phrase is a group of words that do not
mean what they appear to mean.
Idioms are words, phrases or expressions which are
commonly used in everyday conversation by native
speakers of English.
They are often metaphorical and make the language
more colorful.
Examples:

After John had broken the window, he decided to face the

music and tell his mother.
Meaning: to accept the unpleasant consequences of ones
actions
Mary had to learn a very long poem by heart.
Meaning: to rote-learn something
When John asked Mary out, she showed him the cold shoulder.
Meaning: to show deliberate coldness or disregard
It never crossed my mind to buy any milk.
Meaning: to remember
Im fed up with the cold weather.
Meaning: to be irritated or bored.
I stayed at home because it was raining cats and dogs.
Meaning: to rain a lot.

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Exercises
I. Fill in the blanks with the correct phrasal verb. Check your answers at the
bottom.
1.Quick! ___________ the bus. Its ready to leave.
2. I dont know where my book is. I have to _____________ it.
3. Its dark inside. Can you _____________ the light, please?
4. __________ the form please.
5. I need some new clothes. Why dont you _____________ these jeans?
6. Its warm inside. ______________ your coat.
7. This pencil is really old. You can __________ it ________.
8. Its so loud here. Can you _______________ the radio a little.
9. The firemen were able to ____________ the fire in Church Street.
10. Does your little brother _______________ ghosts?
Answers: 1) Get on 2) Look for 3) Switch on 4) Fill in 5) Try on 6) Take off 7) Throw _ away 8)
Turn down 9) Put out 10) Believe in.

II. Match the phrasal verbs with their corresponding synonyms.

1. put off
2. call off
3. look up
4. go off
5. carry on
6. turn off

a. cancel
b. switch off
c. postpone
d. continue
e. explode
f. check

Answers: 1)c 2)a 3)f 4)e 5)d 6)b

III. Choose the correct meaning of each idiom in the following multiple choice
questions. Check your answers at the bottom.
1. When I told my mom I would be home around 2 am, she had a cow!
a. My mom bought a baby cow.
b. My mom is really strange.
c. My mom was really upset.
2. Jean: How did you know it was my birthday today.
Susan: Oh, a little birdie told me!
a. Jean told Susan it was her birthday.
b. An unnamed person told Susan about Jeans birthday.
c. Susan told Jean it was her birthday.
3. I never learned how to use a computer, so I lost my job. Its a dog-eat-dog
world.
a. Only the strong or the best survive.
b. Dogs are eating dogs at the office.
c. Dogs like to eat dogs for lunch.
4. The cream of the crop means it is ___.
a. the worst
b. the best
5. To egg on means to ___.
a. encourage
b. discourage
Answers: 1) c 2) b 3) a 4) b 5) a