A phrasal verb is made up of a verb and a preposition or adverb. The meaning of a phrasal verb can be very different from the meanings of the two words in it.<\/p>\n
Here is a list of phrasal verbs beginning with break.<\/p>\n
There is also an exercise at the end of this lesson.<\/p>\n
Break down<\/strong><\/p>\n When things break down they suddenly stop functioning.\u00a0When people break down, they lose control of their emotions.<\/span><\/p>\n Break in<\/strong><\/p>\n When someone breaks in, they force their entry to a building.<\/p>\n Break out<\/strong><\/p>\n When a disease or war breaks out, it starts suddenly.<\/p>\n Break up<\/strong><\/p>\n When a couple breaks up, they end their relationship. When a gathering breaks up, it ends.<\/p>\n Complete the following sentences using an appropriate phrasal verb.<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. I was late for work because my car \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 on the way.<\/p>\n 2. We were shocked to hear that Alice and Peter had \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n 3. She \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. in the middle of her speech.<\/p>\n 4. The thieves \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. through the back door.<\/p>\n 5. The police used teargas to \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. the gathering.<\/p>\n 6. Cholera has \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. in the town.<\/p>\n Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. I was late for work because my car broke down<\/strong> on the way.<\/p>\n 2. We were shocked to hear that Alice and Peter had broken up.<\/strong><\/p>\n 3. She broke down<\/strong> in the middle of her speech.<\/p>\n 4. The thieves broke in<\/strong> through the back door.<\/p>\n 5. The police used teargas to break up<\/strong> the gathering.<\/p>\n 6. Cholera has broken out<\/strong> in the town.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A phrasal verb is made up of a verb and a preposition or adverb. The meaning of a phrasal verb can be very different from the meanings of the two words in it. Here...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[326],"tags":[289],"class_list":["post-1520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-4-worksheets","tag-phrasal-verbs-worksheet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1520"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1521,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520\/revisions\/1521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}