Phrasal Verbs

What are they…?

How do you use them correctly?

CREATED BY : AJIT
SINGH
ENGLISH TRAINER
Phrasal verbs are commonly used in English,
so it’s important to learn them!

A phrasal verb has 2 parts:

1) a verb
2) and a preposition (at least one)

*often a phrasal verb has a special meaning

Here are some Examples:
…Examples
Show up = arrive/come

Show off = brag/show how great you are

Show around
= to familiarize someone with a new place

Take off = leave a place

Take after
= to resemble or look like another person
Sometimes phrasal verbs have an

object . . .
The object simply answers
the question:

What? Or Who?
1. Cynthia drops off the children at 8:00 each day.
Drop off = phrasal verb . . . WHO does she drop off?
The children . . . The children = object

2. Carlos wanted to get healthy. So he decided to

give up smoking.
Give up = phrasal verb . . . WHAT did he give up?
Smoking. . . Smoking = object
 When a phrasal verb uses an object,
the object can occur in
2 locations:
(=this is called a separable phrasal verb)

Look at this example:

Michael was scheduled to marry Lisa in two days. He
should have been excited, but he wasn’t.
Instead, he felt . . .

Very Very VERY Nervous!!!

But, a day before the wedding,
Michael decided that he had made a
BIG mistake!

So he
called off
the wedding!

1. He calledtheoff wedding
_______________.
the_______________
2. He called wedding off.
3. He called _________
IT off.
Poor Lisa!
 Grammar Rules:
An object of a phrasal verb can appear:

1. After the phrasal verb:

They turned up the volume.

OR . . .
2. In the middle of a phrasal verb:
 Now it’s your turn
to do some grammar!
What are some other ways
1.toShe
say tried
each sentence
on her below?
new dress.

Answer: She tried her new dress on.

She tried it on.

2. They called off the games due to rain.

Answer: They called the games off due to rain.
They called them off.
Good Job!
Be sure to ask your teacher or
another classmate if you still
have questions.
Remember . . .
Learning new grammar rules takes
a lot of practice, so don’t
THANK YOU