PHRASAL VERBS
What are Phrasal Verbs?
There are four types of phrasal verbs. Phrasal verbs can be separable or inseparable and they can take an object or not. Here is a guide to the basics of phrasal verbs.
Phrasal Verbs which Take Objects
Phrasal verbs which take objects can be separable or inseparable:
Separable phrasal verbs can remain together when using an object that is a noun or noun phrase.
I picked Tom up. OR I picked up Tom.
They put their friends up. OR They put up their friends.
Separable phrasal verbs MUST be separated when a pronoun is used:
We picked him up at the station. NOT We picked up him at the station.
They put them up. NOT They put up them.
Inseparable phrasal verbs always remain together. It makes no difference if a noun or pronoun is used.
We set off for the beach. / We set off for it.
They are looking after the children. / They are looking after them.
Phrasal Verbs which Don't Take Objects
Some phrasal verbs do not take objects. These phrasal verbs are ALWAYS inseparable.
They thieves got away.
The bus broke down on the way to work.
She got up early.
TIP!
If you are not sure whether a phrasal verb is separable or inseparable, ALWAYS use a noun or nouns phrase and DO NOT separate. In this manner, you will always be correct!
Separable Phrasal Verbs: bring up, take off
They brought up their children to respect others.
She took off her jacket before she began the lesson.
Inseparable Phrasal Verbs: look for, set off
She was looking for her books when he arrived.
They set off for a wonderful holiday in Hawaii.
Three-word Phrasal Verbs
Some verbs are followed by two prepositions (or adverbs). These phrasal verbs are ALWAYS inseparable.
I'm looking forward to meeting John. OR I'm looking forward to meeting him.
They didn't get on with their mother. OR They didn't get on with her.
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Phrasal verbs
The Grammar of Phrasal Verbs
Exercises on preposition and phrasal verbs
There are four types of phrasal verbs. Phrasal verbs can be separable or inseparable and they can take an object or not. Here is a guide to the basics of phrasal verbs.
Phrasal Verbs which Take Objects
Phrasal verbs which take objects can be separable or inseparable:
Separable phrasal verbs can remain together when using an object that is a noun or noun phrase.
I picked Tom up. OR I picked up Tom.
They put their friends up. OR They put up their friends.
Separable phrasal verbs MUST be separated when a pronoun is used:
We picked him up at the station. NOT We picked up him at the station.
They put them up. NOT They put up them.
Inseparable phrasal verbs always remain together. It makes no difference if a noun or pronoun is used.
We set off for the beach. / We set off for it.
They are looking after the children. / They are looking after them.
Phrasal Verbs which Don't Take Objects
Some phrasal verbs do not take objects. These phrasal verbs are ALWAYS inseparable.
They thieves got away.
The bus broke down on the way to work.
She got up early.
TIP!
If you are not sure whether a phrasal verb is separable or inseparable, ALWAYS use a noun or nouns phrase and DO NOT separate. In this manner, you will always be correct!
Separable Phrasal Verbs: bring up, take off
They brought up their children to respect others.
She took off her jacket before she began the lesson.
Inseparable Phrasal Verbs: look for, set off
She was looking for her books when he arrived.
They set off for a wonderful holiday in Hawaii.
Three-word Phrasal Verbs
Some verbs are followed by two prepositions (or adverbs). These phrasal verbs are ALWAYS inseparable.
I'm looking forward to meeting John. OR I'm looking forward to meeting him.
They didn't get on with their mother. OR They didn't get on with her.
©2010 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.
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The Grammar of Phrasal Verbs
Exercises on preposition and phrasal verbs
PRACTICAL ENGLISH USAGE
This post is for 2nd BACHILLERATO students. This is a superb guide for grammar doubts.
Practical English Usage by Michael Swan
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VOCABULARY
Hi you!!
I've found this very, very, very useful link for you students in the 1st year of bachillerato but above all, for you students in the 2nd year (Selectividad is hanging over your heads).
I provide you with two different links so you can directly go where you need. Nevertheless have a look at the rest because it's useful and interesting.
When necessary I'll provide you with other links from this and other websites. Hope you take a look, because it can be part of your next test!!
Vocabulary lists. Useful for your Selectividad test
Acronyms Animals Animals (illustrated) Animal sounds Animal young At the airport Bathroom Birds Body actions Chess Cinema In the classroom Clothes Clothes (illustrated) Collective nouns Colours Communication (illustrated) Containers (illustrated) Christmas Christmas Cookies Dairy products Daily activities Describing people Drinks Easter Education Environment The Family Father's Day Poems Fish, crustaceans and molluscs Flavours Flowers Football Food (illustrated) Free time activities Fruit and vegetables Fruit and vegetables (illustrated) Halloween Actions with the hands Health and illness Herbs and spices At the hotel At the hotel (Technical English) House (illustrated) Kitchen utensils (illustrated) Law Letter writing Materials Means of transport (illustrated) Measures The Media Military rank Money Over 30 Forms of Money No Money Numbers Mother's Day Poems Music Musical instruments Nationalities Office items Office items (illustrated) Olympic Games Ordinal Numbers Parts of a bicycle Parts of a car Parts of a car (illustrated) Parts of a plane Parts of a ship Parts of a train Parts of the body Parts of the body (illustrated) Parts of the house Personal information Personality - Positive aspect Personality - Negative aspect Photography On a picnic Places and buildings Politics Professions and occupations Professions and occupations (illustrated) Religion At the restaurant At the restaurant (illustrated) Sports Sports (illustrated) At the supermarket Telephoning Thanksgiving Theatre Tools Tourism Trees Weather Weather (illustrated) List of Verbs (Basic) List of Verbs (Advanced) List of Irregular Verbs Adjective forms Adverbs of frequency Adverbs of time False Friends or Cognates Homophones American and British English Ways of saying "strange" Ways of saying "You're crazy" Ways of saying "Very Good" Slang words for "toilet" Slang words used in songs Uncountable nouns made countable Words and expressions related to "age" Words and expressions related to "name" Words used only in plural TV and cartoon charactersExpressions with "black" Expressions with "blue" Expressions with "blood" Expressions with "book" Expressions with "brown" Expressions with "by" Expressions with "double" Expressions with "eye" Expressions with "finger" Expressions with "foot" Expressions with "green" Expressions with "grey" Expressions with "hand" Expressions with "heart" Expressions with "hit" Expressions with "home" Expressions with "kick" Expressions with "middle" Expressions with "old" Expressions with "out of" Expressions with "paper" Expressions with "police" Expressions with "red" Expressions with "time" Expressions with "top" Expressions with "way" Expressions with "water" Expressions with "white" Expressions with "year" Expressions with "yellow"
Idioms. Show you know more than the average!
I've found this very, very, very useful link for you students in the 1st year of bachillerato but above all, for you students in the 2nd year (Selectividad is hanging over your heads).
I provide you with two different links so you can directly go where you need. Nevertheless have a look at the rest because it's useful and interesting.
When necessary I'll provide you with other links from this and other websites. Hope you take a look, because it can be part of your next test!!
Vocabulary lists. Useful for your Selectividad test
Acronyms Animals Animals (illustrated) Animal sounds Animal young At the airport Bathroom Birds Body actions Chess Cinema In the classroom Clothes Clothes (illustrated) Collective nouns Colours Communication (illustrated) Containers (illustrated) Christmas Christmas Cookies Dairy products Daily activities Describing people Drinks Easter Education Environment The Family Father's Day Poems Fish, crustaceans and molluscs Flavours Flowers Football Food (illustrated) Free time activities Fruit and vegetables Fruit and vegetables (illustrated) Halloween Actions with the hands Health and illness Herbs and spices At the hotel At the hotel (Technical English) House (illustrated) Kitchen utensils (illustrated) Law Letter writing Materials Means of transport (illustrated) Measures The Media Military rank Money Over 30 Forms of Money No Money Numbers Mother's Day Poems Music Musical instruments Nationalities Office items Office items (illustrated) Olympic Games Ordinal Numbers Parts of a bicycle Parts of a car Parts of a car (illustrated) Parts of a plane Parts of a ship Parts of a train Parts of the body Parts of the body (illustrated) Parts of the house Personal information Personality - Positive aspect Personality - Negative aspect Photography On a picnic Places and buildings Politics Professions and occupations Professions and occupations (illustrated) Religion At the restaurant At the restaurant (illustrated) Sports Sports (illustrated) At the supermarket Telephoning Thanksgiving Theatre Tools Tourism Trees Weather Weather (illustrated) List of Verbs (Basic) List of Verbs (Advanced) List of Irregular Verbs Adjective forms Adverbs of frequency Adverbs of time False Friends or Cognates Homophones American and British English Ways of saying "strange" Ways of saying "You're crazy" Ways of saying "Very Good" Slang words for "toilet" Slang words used in songs Uncountable nouns made countable Words and expressions related to "age" Words and expressions related to "name" Words used only in plural TV and cartoon charactersExpressions with "black" Expressions with "blue" Expressions with "blood" Expressions with "book" Expressions with "brown" Expressions with "by" Expressions with "double" Expressions with "eye" Expressions with "finger" Expressions with "foot" Expressions with "green" Expressions with "grey" Expressions with "hand" Expressions with "heart" Expressions with "hit" Expressions with "home" Expressions with "kick" Expressions with "middle" Expressions with "old" Expressions with "out of" Expressions with "paper" Expressions with "police" Expressions with "red" Expressions with "time" Expressions with "top" Expressions with "way" Expressions with "water" Expressions with "white" Expressions with "year" Expressions with "yellow"
Idioms. Show you know more than the average!
NATIONAL STEREOTYPES
Definition: A stereotype is “...a fixed, over generalised belief about a particular group or class of people.” (Cardwell, 1996). For example, a “hells angel” biker dresses in leather.
One advantage of a stereotype is that it enables us to respond rapidly to situations because we may have had had a similar experience before.
One disadvantage is that it makes us ignore differences between individuals; therefore we think things about people that might not be true (i.e. make generalisations).
The use of stereotypes is a major way in which we simplify our social world; since they reduce the amount of processing (i.e. thinking) we have to do when we meet a new person.
By stereotyping we infer that a person has a whole range of characteristics and abilities that we assume all members of that group have. Stereotypes lead to social categorisation, which is one of the reasons for prejudice attitudes (i.e. “them” and “us” mentality) which leads to ingroups and outgroups.
Most stereotypes probably tend to convey a negative impression. Positive examples would include judges (the phrase “sober as a judge” would suggest this is a stereotype with a very respectable set of characteristics), overweight people (who are often seen as “jolly”) and television newsreaders (usually seen as highly dependable, respectable and impartial). Negative stereotypes seem far more common, however.
By stereotyping we infer that a person has a whole range of characteristics and abilities that we assume all members of that group have. Stereotypes lead to social categorisation, which is one of the reasons for prejudice attitudes (i.e. “them” and “us” mentality) which leads to ingroups and outgroups.
Most stereotypes probably tend to convey a negative impression. Positive examples would include judges (the phrase “sober as a judge” would suggest this is a stereotype with a very respectable set of characteristics), overweight people (who are often seen as “jolly”) and television newsreaders (usually seen as highly dependable, respectable and impartial). Negative stereotypes seem far more common, however.
One advantage of a stereotype is that it enables us to respond rapidly to situations because we may have had had a similar experience before.
One disadvantage is that it makes us ignore differences between individuals; therefore we think things about people that might not be true (i.e. make generalisations).
The use of stereotypes is a major way in which we simplify our social world; since they reduce the amount of processing (i.e. thinking) we have to do when we meet a new person.
By stereotyping we infer that a person has a whole range of characteristics and abilities that we assume all members of that group have. Stereotypes lead to social categorisation, which is one of the reasons for prejudice attitudes (i.e. “them” and “us” mentality) which leads to ingroups and outgroups.
Most stereotypes probably tend to convey a negative impression. Positive examples would include judges (the phrase “sober as a judge” would suggest this is a stereotype with a very respectable set of characteristics), overweight people (who are often seen as “jolly”) and television newsreaders (usually seen as highly dependable, respectable and impartial). Negative stereotypes seem far more common, however.
By stereotyping we infer that a person has a whole range of characteristics and abilities that we assume all members of that group have. Stereotypes lead to social categorisation, which is one of the reasons for prejudice attitudes (i.e. “them” and “us” mentality) which leads to ingroups and outgroups.
Most stereotypes probably tend to convey a negative impression. Positive examples would include judges (the phrase “sober as a judge” would suggest this is a stereotype with a very respectable set of characteristics), overweight people (who are often seen as “jolly”) and television newsreaders (usually seen as highly dependable, respectable and impartial). Negative stereotypes seem far more common, however.
In our subject "Proyecto Integrado", we are dealing with some stereotypes that have to do with different nationalities. Here you are some links which may help you with your task. Don't forget to try others and to speak English!! I'll be watching you...
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