Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal Verbs
are verbs that consist of two, or sometimes three, words. The first word is a
verb and it is followed by an adverb (break down) or a preposition (eat into)
or both (come down with). These words are sometimes called Particles.
Grammar of Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal Verbs can be Transitive (they take an object) or Intransitive (they have no object). Some Phrasal Verbs can be used in both ways:
For heaven’s sake shut her up. (transitive)
He told me to shut up. (intransitive)
Intransitive Phrasal Verbs: the two parts of the verbs cannot be separated by any other word. You
can say:
Shall we eat out tonight?
but notShall we eat
tonight out?
Shall we eat out tonight?
but not
Transitive Phrasal Verbs: with some phrasal verbs, the object can go either between the verb and
the particle or after the particle.
She tore the letter up.
She tore up the letter.
*When the object is a long phrase, it usually comes after the particle:
She tore up all the letters he’d sent her.
*When the object is a pronoun (for example it standing for the
letter), it must always go between the verb and the particle:
She read the letter and then tore it up.
Adapted from Oxford
Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
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