Phrasal Verbs

Separable Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal verbs are idiomatic expressions. Phrasal verbs are created by combining verbs and prepositions to make new verbs. The meaning is often not obvious from the definitions of each word.

Use of phrasal verbs

Phrasal verbs are used in both written and spoken English.
New examples are formed all the time, as they are a flexible way of creating new terms.

Separable phrasal verbs

Separable phrasal verbs can be separated into two parts in a sentence.
The phrasal verb doesn’t have to be separated, but it can be:
- E.g. ‘Take back’
  - In the sentence ‘I had to take the shirt back to the shop because it was too large’, the verb ‘take’ is able to be separated from the proposition ‘back’.

Separable phrasal verbs examples

Other examples of separable phrasal verbs include:
- Write down - 'write your ideas down'.
- Put on - 'Put your hat on'.
- Blow up - 'Can you blow those balloons up?'.
- Fill up - 'Fill the car up'.
- Find out - 'Find it out for me'.
- Hand in - 'Hand your homework in'.

Inseparable Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal verbs are idiomatic expressions. Phrasal verbs are created by combining verbs and prepositions to make new verbs. The meaning is often not obvious from the definitions of each word.

Inseparable phrasal verbs

Inseparable examples of phrasal verbs must stay together in a sentence:
- E.g. ‘Come over’
  - In the sentence ‘Anya, please come over to my house', you can’t separate 'come' and 'over'.

Inseparable examples

There are fewer examples of inseparable phrasal verbs. Some examples of phrasal verbs are:
- Look after.
- Jump to.
- Look on.
- Stand by.
- Run across.
- Wait on.

Two prepositions

Sometimes you can have two prepositions in the phrasal verb. For example:
- Check up on.
- Get along with.
- Drop out of.
- Keep up with.
- Get rid of.

1Spelling

1.1Spelling

1.1.1Hard 'U' & 'I' Sounds

1.1.2Words Ending in '-sure', & '-mure'

1.1.3Words Ending in '-sion'

1.1.4'Ei', 'Eigh' & 'Ey' Spellings

1.1.5Spelling Words with 'Ch'

1.1.6Spelling Words with 'Sc'

1.1.7Silent Letters

1.1.8i Before e Rule

1.1.9Hard & Soft 'c' Sounds

1.1.10End of Topic Test - Spelling

1.2Prefixes

1.2.1'Anti-' & 'Auto-'

1.2.2Not & 'Inter-'

1.2.3'Mis-', 'Dis-' & 'Re-'

1.2.4'Sub-' & 'Super-'

1.3Suffixes

1.3.1Vowel Suffixes

1.3.2Short Vowel Suffixes

1.3.3Suffixes: '-ous'

1.3.4Rules for Suffixes: '-ous'

1.3.5Rules for Suffixes: '-ous' 2

1.3.6Suffixes: '-ly'

1.3.7Suffixes: '-ation'

1.3.8Suffixes: '-ation' 2

1.3.9Spelling: '-tion' Endings

1.3.10Spelling: '-sion' Endings

1.3.11Spelling: '-ssion' Endings

1.3.12Spelling: '-cian' Endings

1.3.13End of Topic Test - Prefixes & Suffixes

1.4Making Words Plural

1.4.1Plurals

1.5Homophones

1.6Word Meanings

1.6.1Homonyms

2Punctuation

3Grammar

3.1Word Classes

3.1.1Nouns

3.1.2Pronouns

3.1.3Verbs

3.1.4Adjectives & Adverbs

3.1.5Qualifiers & Quantifiers

3.1.6Determiners

3.1.7Prepositions

3.1.8Synonyms & Antonyms

3.1.9End of Topic Test - Word Classes

3.2Conjunctions

3.2.1Coordinating Conjunctions

3.2.2Subordinating Conjunctions

3.3Writing Coherently

3.3.1Building Cohesion in Writing

3.3.2Avoiding Ambiguity in Writing

3.4Verbs

3.4.1Subject-verb Agreement

3.5Modal Verbs

3.5.1Modal Verbs

3.5.2Can & Could

3.5.3May & Might

3.5.4Should & Shall

3.5.5Will & Would

3.5.6Must & Have To

3.6Phrasal Verbs

3.6.1Phrasal Verbs

3.7Subjunctive Verbs

3.7.1Subjunctive Verbs

3.7.2End of Topic Test - Verbs

3.8Sentences

3.8.1Subject of a Sentence

3.8.2Object of a Sentence

3.8.3Main & Subordinate Clauses

3.8.4Simple Sentences & Compound Sentences

3.8.5Complex Sentences

3.8.6Relative Clauses

3.8.7Relative Clauses Without Relative Pronouns

3.8.8Participle Clauses

3.8.9Run-on Sentences

3.8.10Sentence Functions

3.8.11End of Topic Test - Sentences

3.9Tenses

3.9.1Present Tense

3.9.2Past Tense

3.9.3Past Tense Using Have

3.9.4Future Tense

3.9.5Present vs Past vs Future

3.9.6Continuity of Tenses

3.9.7End of Topic Test - Tenses

3.10Adverbials

3.10.1Adverbial

3.10.2Saying Where & When

3.10.3Saying How Often

3.10.4Saying How & Why

3.10.5Using Commas for Fronted Adverbials

3.11Language Techniques

3.11.1Figurative & Emotive Language

3.11.2Active & Passive Voice

3.11.3Idiomatic Expressions

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