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Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal Verbs

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Look

After

I love looking after the children.

He doesn’t look after himself.

A babysitter usually looks after us on Friday evenings.

She looked after the child while I was out

To take care of; be responsible for
Forward to

I'm really looking forward to my birthday!

They had looked forward to that holiday for months.

He was looking forward to working with the new Prime Minister.

She was looking forward to the meal.

be excited about something in the future

When we looked into buying a car, we decided it was better to hire one occasionally.

He looked into hiring another secretary, but it would have been too expensive.

We're looking into buying a new computer.

he detective was looking into the robbery.

If a person or organization is looking into a possible course of action, a problem, or a situation, they are finding out about it and examining the facts relating to it.
Up

Look up! It is a bird, a plane?

It´s boring to look up every word.

I´m going to look up some restaurants in that area.

* If you don't know the meaning of the word, look it up in a dictionary.

If you look up a fact or a piece of information, you find it out by looking in something such as a reference book or a list.

Turn

Over

Meanwhile, turn over your travel documents.

You have 24 hours to turn over the doctor.

If you turn over the page, you'll see a map of Egypt.

Proceed to the next page of a book or magazine.
On

Hold on, I'll turn on the lantern.

My-Coins, turn on the lights.

Prepare to turn on at half blast.

Turn on the laptop, then enter your password.

Make a machine(e.g a tv or computer) start working.
Off

To turn off your jamming equipment...

Now, first you have to turn off the autopilot.

You always did forget to turn off the coffee.

Turn off the computer when you've finished with it.

Make a machine(e.g a tv or computer) stop working temporarily.
Into
Examples:

The caterpillar turned into a beautiful butterfly.

It takes many years for a tiny acorn to turn into a big oak tree.

Most of our problems are turning into conflicts.

All the pigeons overhead starting to turn into vultures.

Change from one thing into another.

Transitive

They always need an object.
Inseparable

Sarah go up the bedroom.

verb + particle + object.

Separable

Example:

She tried the sweater on.

verb + object + particle.

Intransitive

verb + preposition or adverb.
Those who do not need an object. The verb and the particle are always united.

What are they?

They are verbs that are accompanied by an adverb or a preposition. It is usually made up of two words, or even three.

Grammar structure

Verb + particle (preposition or adverb)