Phrasal verbs are mainly used in spoken English and informal texts. (The more formal a conversation or text, the less phrasal verbs are found.)
Phrasal verbs consist of a verb plus a particle (preposition, adverb). The particle can change the meaning of the verb completely, e.g.:
- look up – consult a reference book (look a word up in a dictionary)
- look for – seek (look for her ring)
- look forward – anticipate with pleasure (look forward to meeting someone)
There are no rules that might explain how phrasal verbs are formed correctly - all you can do is look them up in a good dictionary and study their meanings.
Examples of Phrasal Verbs
| bring: | about, along, back, forward, in, off, out, round, up |
| buy: | out, up |
| call: | off, up |
| carry: | off, out |
| cut: | back, down, off, out, up |
| give: | away, back, off |
| hand: | back, down, in, on out, over, round |
| knock: | down, out, over |
| leave: | behind, out |
| let: | down, in, off, out |
| pass: | down, over, round |
| point: | out |
| push: | about, around, over |
| put: | across, away, down, forward, off, on, out, through, together, up |
| read: | out |
| set: | apart, aside, back, down |
| shut: | away, in, off, out |
| take: | apart, away, back, down, in, on, up, over |
| think: | over, through, up |
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