Grammar Introduction: Phrasal Verbs

​Oral Fluency 3-4, Quarter 4
Unit 2: Species Survival

Grammar Introduction: Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal verbs have a particle.
This particle can be a preposition or an adverb.

Form

Phrasal verbs are usually idiomatic.
The meaning is not literal. It is figurative.

Function

Multiple Choice

Phrasal verbs have a verb + __________.

• a noun

• a particle

• another verb

• an article

Multiple Choice

Is it a phrasal verb?

I put the art on the wall.

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Is it a phrasal verb?

My homework had a lot of mistakes, so I did it over.

• Yes

• No

Transitive verbs require a direct object to complete the sentence.
A direct object can be a noun or object pronoun (kids, people, school, me, him, us, etc.).

​​Transitive

​Intransitive verbs do not require a direct object to complete the sentence.

​​Intransitive

Multiple Choice

Identify the direct object in this sentence.

We picked up the kids from school.

• We

• picked up

• the kids

• school

Multiple Choice

Identify the direct object in this sentence.

The students handed in their homework on Monday.

• The students

• their homework

• on

• Monday

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence. Is the phrasal verb transitive or intransitive?

My parents and my husband don't get along.

• Transitive

• Intransitive

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence. Is the phrasal verb transitive or intransitive?

My family came over for dinner last Sunday.

• Transitive

• Intransitive

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence. Is the phrasal verb transitive or intransitive?

I threw away my old sneakers.

• Transitive

• Intransitive

Most transitive verbs are separable.
This means you can move the direct object between the verb and the particle.

**If the direct object is a pronoun, you must place it in between.

Separable

A few transitive verbs are inseparable. This means you cannot move the direct object between the verb and particle.

**If the direct object is a pronoun, you can never put it between the verb and particle.

All intransitive verbs are inseparable.

​​Inseparable

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence with the same meaning.

I handed in my homework.

• I handed it in.

• I handed in it.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence with the same meaning.

She took off her shoes.

• She took it off.

• She took off it.

• She took them off.

• She took off them.

Multiple Choice

Look up the word in your dictionary.

• Correct

• Incorrect

Multiple Choice

You can look it up later.

• Correct

• Incorrect

Multiple Choice

Don't look up it now.

• Correct

• Incorrect