Pharasal Verbs | English for EmSAT Achieve PDF Download

A phrasal verb is an idiomatic phrase whereby the meaning understood is different from the meaning of the individual words, e.g., break down doesn’t mean "fall and break into pieces"; it means "collapse."

Form
A main verb + a preposition

Examples:

• She had a break down after she heard the horrific news.
• People should not look down on those who are less fortunate.

Phrasal verbs can be:

Intransitive (they have no object):

• These verbs are never separated.

Transitive (they can have an object):

• Some transitive phrasal verbs can be separated.

If the direct object is a noun, you can say:
They pulled the building down.
(direct object)
OR
They pulled down the building.

If the object is a pronoun, the object always comes between the verb and the adverb.
I threw it away.
(direct object)
NOT: I threw away it.

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Verbs and Meanings

• look up to: admire
• look after: take care of
• keep away: remain at a distance
• keep on (with gerund): continue with the same
• pass out: lose consciousness, faint
• show off: brag
• show up: arrive
• go over: review
• look into: investigate
• run across: find by chance/meet accidentally
• run into: meet
• run out: be finished
• run away: escape
• take after: resemble
• find out: discover
• give up: quit
• get over: recover
• put up with: stand/tolerate
• make up for: replace/compensate
• turn down: refuse
• count on: depend on
• put off: postpone
• drop in: make a short visit
• set off: start a journey
• get away with: go unpunished
• get along: have a good relationship
• cut down: decrease
• do away with: get rid of
• cope with: manage
• put off: postpone
• take off: leave the ground/fly