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Phrasal Verbs
- consist of verb + adverb or verb + preposition. The
meaning of these combinations is mostly very different from the
verb and the adverb or preposition alone.
- Together with adverbs or prepositions the phrases have new
meanings. Study the following examples:
 look after – (to take care of somebody/something)
 look back – (to think about something in the past)
 look down – (to think that somebody is not as good as others)
 look for – (to try to find sb/sth)
 look forward to – (to be excited about something that is going
to happen)
 look in – (to make a short visit)
 look out (for) – (to try to spot somebody/something)
 look over – (to review something)
 look up – (to look for information – online or offline)
@cyz
Exercise
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate phrasal verb.
1. My grandfather likes to _______________on his childhood.
2. He often ___________________his brother.
3. She always ____________________ to meeting him.
4. Could you ____________________ my report, please?
5. They _____________________ on her because she didn't
study at a university.
6. You should ___________________ the word in a dictionary.
7. I'm ____________________ my watch.
8. Could you __________________ on Peggy when you are in
town?
9. ____________________ for George while you are in the
club.
10. I don't know where my book is. I have to ______________it.
@cyz
Phrasal Verbs
The meaning of the phrasal verb is different to the meaning of
the words when separated. For example, to "get away" means
to go on holiday, which is different from the meaning of the word
"get" on its own.
 get up to – do
 get on with (someone) – have a good relationship
 get over (something/someone) – recover from
 get away with (something) – be successful in something
 get at (someone) – criticise someone repeatedly
 get rid of (something) – remove/throw away something
 get out of (doing something) – avoid something you don’t
want to do
 get off lightly – to experience less trouble than expected
 get through to (someone) – successfully explain something
 get wound up (about something) – get angry about
something
@cyz
Exercise
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate phrasal verb.
1. Our sofa is really old. We need to _____________ it.
2. I went to the cinema. What did you ______________ last
weekend?
3. Brad and Tom really don't _________________ each other.
They’re always arguing.
4. Sara won’t be joining us. She's still ______________ the flu.
5. I _________________ going on that boring camping trip,
because it started raining.
6. The traffic officer only gave me a warning for driving too fast.
I ___________________ there!
7. After showing James the pie charts and diagrams, I was
finally able to ___________________ him.
8. I really __________________ when I see people mistreating
defenceless animals!
9. If Mel thinks she's going to __________________ being late
again, she's terribly mistaken!
10. I feel sorry for Andrew. His brother's always ____________
him even when he’s done nothing wrong.