Use:Aphrasal verbis a verb + a particle (preposition or adverb). The meaning can be literal (stand up) or idiomatic (give up smoking). Phrasal verbs are often used in conversation. There are four types of phrasal verbs:
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Type
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1 Pharsal verbswithout an object
| The meetingwent onfor hours.
| The verb and particle can’t be separated.
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2 Phrasal verbs thatcan be separated by an object
| Take off your shoes.
Take your shoes off.
Take them off.
| If the object is a noun, it can go either after both parts of the phrasal verb or between them.
If the object is a pronoun it must go between the two parts. Not Take of them.
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3 Phrasal verbs that can’t be separated by an object
| I looked throughthe magazine when I was at the hairdresser’s.
| Not I looked the magazine through.
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4 Phrasal verbs withtwo prepositions/ adverbs
| We’ve run out offpetrol.
| The three words can’t be separated. Not We’ve run out petrol off.
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