Academia Teach: L7U1: Language Use: Phrasal verbs
Actualizado: 14 mar 2024
Read the post related to phrasal verbs and discuss in class about it:
Preparation
Read the dialogue and identify the phrasal verbs, suffixes and prefixes.
Claudette: What happened? you seem upset.
Teach: Well, you know. I spent all day cleaning up the flat and Freya came in with her muddy feet and messed it all up!
Claudette: Ugh... that's annoying, Who let her in so dirty?
Teach: My sister, Cami. Of course she ducked out as quickly as possible and disappeared to a friend's house. Oh but wait and see, tonight she won't be able to walk away from me! We're going to have a serious talk.
Claudette: Yeah that sounds like an unacceptable behaviour from Cami. She knows she should have been more considerate and either had cleaned Freya's paws or had cleaned the mess she left behind.
Transitive & Intransitive Phrasal Verbs:
Note: Cabe decir que los verbos transitivos, intransitivos o ditransitivos no solo se aplican a los verbos fresales sino que a todos los verbos. Aquí en esta publicación, solo los analizamos desde los verbos fresales.
Quick explanations:
A phrasal verb is a verb made of a main base verb + a particle. Generally a preposition.
Ex.:
I sent out the invitations last week.
My boyfriend ducked out from my father's birthday.
However, we have different types of phrasal verbs, transitive and intransitive.
Transitive verbs: First of all, a transitive verb is related to an action that passes from the person who performs it into another person/object that receive the action.
I shut down the computer.
He hung up the Jacket.
Her parents cut her off.
Transitive verbs as they need a direct object can be used the following way:
Verb + Particle + Object:
Make sure you fill in your landing card.
Verb + object + Particle:
If we’re going to have fish for dinner, you’d better take it out of the freezer.
Intransitive phrasal verbs are easier to use because there is no object to worry about. It is just an action without an obligatory receiving object or person.
Here are some examples:
The plane took off on time.
I grew up in Talagante.
This car breaks down all the time!
You’re doing really well, so carry on.
Examples of phrasal verbs
dress up: vestirse
clean up: limpiar
fix up: arreglar
look up: buscar
get up :levantar(se)
wake up: despertar(se)
think up: idear
phone in: llamar
get through: pasar por/ atravesar/ localizar, conectar (por teléfono)
call back: llamar de vuelta
hang up: colgar
send out: enviar
back out: arrepentirse/ retroceder/ retirarse
duck out: evadir/salirse
set up: preparar
miss out: perderse algo/omitir
get out of: salirse de/ salir de
cut off: cortar/dejar de financiar
walk away from: alejarse de/escaparse de
Examples of phrasal verbs for the context of jobs
Take on: to agree to do something or to be responsible for...
Call off: to cancel
Carry out: To complete a task, to do something at its full.
Lay off: to terminate
knuckle down: to stop wasting time and focus on work
Take over: to asume control or responsibility for something
come up with: to ideate.
Go over: to revise
Fill out a form: to complete a form.
Back up: to make a copy of any piece of information.
Get ahead: to advance
Run by: to ask someone to approve something.
Draw up: to prepare a plan
Work against: to jeopardise
Knock off: to finish work for the day
Fall through: when something doesn't happen.
Get into: to become interested of involved.
Work out: to function well/ something happening successfully.
Follow through: to keep pace with something.
Hand in: to deliver.
Suffixes and prefixes
Suffixes are added to the end of words to change their meaning. For example, when we add "-ly" to the adjective "quick," it becomes "quickly," turning the adjective into an adverb. Prefixes, on the other hand, are added to the beginning of words to alter their meaning. Take "un-" for instance; when added to "happy," it transforms the word into its opposite, resulting in "unhappy."
Examples:
Suffixes: Add to the end of a word
-able/-ible portable, incredible
-al -ial special, theatrical
-en wooden
-er writer, teacher
-ful hopeful, successful
-ic -ish historic, childish
-ous -eous -ious nervous, courteous, ambitious
-ive, -ative, -itive aggressive, creative, sensitive
-ion interaction, communication
-ness darkness
-less careless
-y sporty
Prefixes: Add to the beginning of a word
re- redo, rewrite
in- ir- invisible, irresponsible
un- im- unsuccessful, impossible
anti- antisocial
mis- misunderstand
de- deactivate
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