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Making requests and giving instructions
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Phrasal verbs
A phrasal verb is a verb combined with an
adverb
or a preposition, or sometimes
both, to give a new meaning.
For example:
get on
Sometimes a phrasal verb is followed by a preposition.
Sometimes the phrasal verb has an object. Usually there are two positions for the
object. You can say:
Phrasal verb: turn on; Object: the computer
But, if the object is a pronoun (me, you, him, her, etc.), there is only one possible
position for the phrasal verb.
Phrasal verb: turn on; Object: it (instead of the computer)
She turned on the computer.
She turned the computer on.
She turned it on.
Sentence
Meaning
Peter, get on the bus, please.
Peter needs to take the bus, because he
is leaving.
Peter gets on well with his father.
Peter has a nice relationship with his
father.
Phrasal
verb
Preposition
Example
Meaning
run away
from
Mary always
runs away from
John.
Mary doesn’t want to meet John;
she leaves quickly when she sees
him.
An adverb is a word that adds more information about place, time, manner, cause
or degree to a verb, an adjective, a phrase or another adverb.