{"id":74143,"date":"2020-04-20T09:30:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T09:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=74143"},"modified":"2020-04-20T09:30:29","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T09:30:29","slug":"phrasal-verbs-and-prepositional-verbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/phrasal-verbs-and-prepositional-verbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Phrasal Verbs And Prepositional Verbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/what-are-phrasal-verbs\/\"><b>phrasal verb<\/b><\/a>\u00a0is made up of two parts: a base verb followed by an adverb particle.<\/p>\n<p>Examples are: <em>ask out, bring about, bring up, call back, call in, call off, figure out, fill out, find out, pass out, pick out, pick up, point out, put away, put back, put off, put on, put out, take off, take out, take over, take up, tear down, tear up, think over, throw away, throw out, try on, turn down, turn in, turn off, turn on, turn out and turn up<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes the particle in a phrasal verb is detached from the verb and put after the object.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John\u00a0<b>put\u00a0<\/b>his\u00a0<b>hat on<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>They\u00a0<b>called\u00a0<\/b>the doctor\u00a0<b>in<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>He<b>\u00a0threw<\/b>\u00a0it\u00a0<b>away<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>You must\u00a0<b>send<\/b>\u00a0them\u00a0<b>back<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>His uncle had\u00a0<b>brought<\/b>\u00a0him\u00a0<b>up<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>Please\u00a0<b>turn<\/b>\u00a0the lights\u00a0<b>on<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The particle can be put after the object only when this object is a <a href=\"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/what-are-personal-pronouns\/\">personal pronoun<\/a> \u2013 it, me, us, them etc. \u2013 or when it is comparatively short.<\/p>\n<p>When the object is long or has to be made prominent, the particle comes before the object.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The President\u00a0<b>gave away<\/b>\u00a0the prizes.<\/li>\n<li>He\u00a0<b>put on<\/b>\u00a0an air of innocence.<\/li>\n<li>The poor widow had to\u00a0<b>bring up<\/b>\u00a0all the three children.<\/li>\n<li>He\u00a0<b>brushed aside<\/b>\u00a0all the plans I had carefully formulated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Prepositional verb<\/h3>\n<p>A prepositional verb has two parts: a base verb and a preposition. Note that the preposition in a prepositional verb is inseparable. It cannot be put after the object.<\/p>\n<p>Examples are: <em>insist on, care for, fall off and call on, check in, come across, drop by, drop in (on), drop out, get along (with), get into, get off, get on, get out of, get over, get through, get up, go over, grow up, keep up (with), kick out (of), look after, look into, look out, pass away, put up with, show up and take after<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They\u00a0<b>called on<\/b>\u00a0the teacher. (BUT NOT They called the teacher on.)<\/li>\n<li>He\u00a0<b>fell off<\/b>\u00a0the bridge. (BUT NOT He fell the bridge off.)<\/li>\n<li>I find it difficult to\u00a0<b>get along\u00a0<\/b>with her.<\/li>\n<li>How do you\u00a0<b>put up\u00a0<\/b>with him?<\/li>\n<li>They\u00a0<b>got into\u00a0<\/b>the car.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Particle and preposition \u2013 differences<\/h3>\n<p>The difference between a\u00a0<b>particle\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0<b>preposition<\/b>\u00a0is that while the particle is closely tied to the verb, the preposition is closely tied to the noun or pronoun. The following words are used only as particles and never as prepositions \u2013\u00a0<i>away, back, out, forward, backward, upward\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0<i>downward<\/i>. Some words can be used both as adverb particles and prepositions. Examples are:\u00a0<i>on, off, in, up, down, to, from\u00a0<\/i>etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0phrasal verb\u00a0is made up of two parts: a base verb followed by an adverb particle. 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