Session.4.

Tuesday, 21st of October 2014

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• PV are used in SPOKEN English and
INFORMAL texts.
• How does a Phrasal Verb look like?

Verb + Preposition LookV UpPrep

Verb + Particle
Verb + Adverb RunV AwayAdv
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• When a particle is added to a verb
the meaning can change a lot.
• RUN V • Look V
Run • “Córrer” Look • “Mirar”

• RUN V+ AWAY Adv • Look V+ After Adv

Run Away • “Fugir”, “Escapar-se” Look After • “Cuidar”
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• A single verb can result in several Phrasal verbs:

Look
Look
Forward
For
to Look For: “Buscar”
Look Forward to: “Esperar amb ganes”
Look Out: (Beware) “Vigilar” “estar atent”
Look Look Into: “Investigar” “Revisar”
Look Up
Out Look Down on: “Menysprear”
Look After: “Cuidar”
Look Up: “Buscar” (En llibre, diccionari,
Look info…)
Look
After Look Into
Down
On
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Position of the Particle:

• The particle is placed either after the verb or after the object. (But some PV don’t have
an object)

John, turn on the TV  John, turn the TV on

• When the object is a pronoun (me, it, him, them etc.), it always goes between the verb
and the particle.

Write down the word  Write this down

• Some phrasal verbs have an object and are inseparable.

I’m looking for my keys  I’m looking for them

I’m looking them for 