Phrasal verbs 1:
verbs with prepositions
Phrasal verbs are idiomatic expressions that combine verbs and prepositions or adverbs ad prepositions..
Also called verb prepositions or prepositional verbs, these constructions typically combine verbs such as: go, come, take, bring, get etc with prepositions such as: into, up, down, away and through etc to describe events.
Phrasal verbs often appear in place of the full verb and may provide a similar meaning.
For example, typical phrasal verb constructions come down / go down are seen to replace the verbs fall, drop or descend.
Children! Could you come down (from your room) for your supper, it’s ready! Ok mum, we’re coming!
The Phrasal verb is often more accessible than the full verb.
I think the price of potatoes will come down (fall / drop / reduce) again (it was low this time last week).
fill in / out – complete (place information into blank spaces)
Please fill in / out these forms and let me have them when you’ve finished, thank you.
put into – place
My advice is to put your money into a savings account.
come / get down – descend / fall / drop
Tristan, stop bouncing on the bed and get / come down.(from off of the bed).
take out – remove / extract
Take out your pens and English books, our lesson today is Grammar
go up – ascend / rise
Sales of toys go up before the holidays and fall after the holidays, why is that?
go down – descend / fall
I see our shares have gone down / fallen in value again against some of our competitors shares.
come in – enter
Please come in, sit down, would you like a cup of coffee?
take care of – care for (person) / manage
Dad, you should take more careof yourself, you aren’t getting any younger.
You take care of selling the products, and I’ll take care of buying the stock.
get up – rise
Get up now, I know you’re tired but we have to get packed as were going on holiday today.
take off – remove / leave
We got / They took 50% off the price of the flights.Our flight takes off at 10.
get on / get off – board / mount / dismount
I get on the train at Euston and get off at Hampstead.