Phrasal Verbs with Objects

Phrasal Verbs with Objects

By Carolina Romo Zamora

Multiple Choice

A verb is...

• words referring to a person, place or thing

• a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence

• words that describe the qualities or states of being of nouns

Multiple Choice

What is an adjective?

• a person place or thing

• words that describe the qualities or states of being of nouns

• a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence

Poll

What does the word phrasal make you think of?

What are Phrasal Verbs?

They are made up by a:

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Verb + particle

What is a particle?

A particle looks like prepositions (with, of, on), but together with the verb they have a different meaning.

​Subject	​Verb	​Particle	​Object
​I	​put	​together	​a plan.
​Arun	​backs	​up	​the files.

​Separable Phrasal Verbs

​Subject	​Verb	​Object	​Particle
​I	​put	​a plan	​together.
​Arun	​backs	​them	​up.

​OR

​Subject	​Verb	​Particle	​Object
​Mira	​is getting	​on	​the internet.
​We	​went	​over	​the notes.

​Inseparable Phrasal Verbs

​With inseparable phrasal verbs, the object always comes after the particle.