Phrasal Verbs

Adapted and adjusted from Bryan\'s activity page.

Phrasal verbs are difficult. But it might be easier to
understand them if we look at the prepositions
rather than at the verbs.
Let\'s look at the prepositions on, out, up, off, and in.

ON
When put together with a verb to make a phrasal
verb, this preposition can have several broad
themes:

Continuation
Examples: keep on, stay on (p.74, line 87)

Beginning
Examples: sign on (p.74, line 87), log on (p.74, line
97)

Progressing
Examples: come on, move on, get on

OUT
Phrasal verbs using out can have themes also:

Leaving and Beginning
Examples: go out (p.74, line 81), set out

Removing and Excluding
Examples: clean out, cross out, keep out, leave out

Searching and Finding
Examples: check out, find out, try out, turn out

UP
Up can have its themes, too:

Increasing and Improving
Examples: grow up, bring up, build up, speed up, stir up

Completing and Finishing
Examples: check up, give up, follow up, sum up

Happening and Creating
Examples: bring up, come up, make up

Joining or Coming Together
Examples: make up, pick up, sign up (p.75, line
138)

Disrupting or Damaging
Examples: burn up, mess up, break up

OFF
There are several themes for the preposition off as
well:

Leaving and Beginning
Examples: set off, take off, sign off (p.74, line 86)

Rejecting and Preventing
Examples: hold off, keep off, put off

Rejecting and Cancelling
Examples: break off, call off, take off

Decreasing
Examples: cool off, work off

Finishing and Completing
Examples: finish off, go off, pull off

IN

The preposition IN has various meanings:

Inserting and Absorbing
Examples: plug in, put in, sink in, take in.

Including
Examples: fit in, take in, throw in

Being involved and active
Examples: call in, come in, fill in, join in.

Beginning
Exanples: bring in, come in, set in

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