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| Phrasal verbs are composed of two words: a main verb and a particle.
Look at these examples from this week's episode:
to turn something off:
to stop something working, to switch something off
to work on something:
to concentrate on a task, to do a task
to cut something off:
to stop the supply of something, to disconnect something
to get on with something:
to do something without delay
to carry on:
to continue
to put someone off:
to distract someone
to put up with something:
to tolerate something
There are four different types of phrasal verb:
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These phrasal verbs take a direct object (they are transitive):
I turned off the water
I cut off the water
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You can separatethe two parts of the phrasal verb with the object:
I turned the water off
I cut the water off
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If you use an object pronoun(me, you, him, her, it, us, them) you must separate the two parts of the phrasal verb:
I turned it off
I cut it off
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These phrasal verbs take a direct object(they are transitive) but you cannot separate the two parts of the verb:
I'm working on a new project
I'm working on it
Keep off the grass!
Keep off it!
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These phrasal verbs do not take a direct object (they are intransitive) and you never separate the two parts of the verb:
Tim didn't stop. He carried on
The water finally ran out
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These phrasal verbs are composed of three words. They always have a direct object and you never separate these words with the object or the object pronoun:
I put up with it for too long
She is looking forward to the weekend
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Some phrasal verbs can be both Type C and Type D. You can add a new particle so that the verb can then take a direct object:
To carry on/ to carry on with something
Even though he was tired, he carried on
Even though he was tired, he carried on with his work
To check out/to check out of somewhere
She checked out at 10 o'clock
She checked out of the hotel at 10 o'clock
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If you have another verb after a phrasal verb, you always use the gerund form (-ing) of the second verb:
He carried on working
I'm looking forward to meeting you
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a tap:
the thing you turn to let water run into a sink
a spanner:
a tool used to turn nuts
to drip:
when small drops of water fall regularly, from a tap or a leaking roof
to cut something off:
to stop the supply of something, to disconnect something
to get on with something:
to do something without delay
to carry on:
to continue
to put someone off:
to distract someone
to put up with something:
to tolerate something
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