- •The ultimate phrasal verb book
- •23. Focus on: two-word phrasal verbs that require an additional particle when used with an object, 2 187
- •Contents
- •28. Passive Phrasal Verbs, 2 / 210
- •30. Participle Adjectives Formed from Phrasal Verbs, 2 / 223
- •1. Focus on: separable and nonseparable phrasal verbs
- •Come from
- •2. Focus on: phrasal verbs and do, does, and did
- •Fall for
- •3. Focus on: three-word phrasal verbs
- •4. Focus on: present and past continuous phrasal verbs
- •5. Focus on: pronunciation of two-word phrasal verbs
- •6. Focus on: pronunciation of three-word phrasal verbs
- •7. Focus on: separable phrasal verbs with long objects
- •8. Focus on: present perfect phrasal verbs
- •9. Focus on: two-word phrasal verbs that require an additional particle when used with an object, 1
- •11. Focus on: phrasal verbs used in compound nouns
- •Light up
- •14. Focus on: participle adjectives formed from phrasal verbs, 1
- •Dress up dress up & dresses up dressing up dressed up dressed up
- •Dry up & dries up drying up dried up dried up
- •Put away
- •Stick up
- •16. Focus on: phrasal verbs with gerund objects, 1
- •Hold off hold off & holds off holding off held off held off
- •Put past
- •Intransitive phrasal verbs
- •18. Focus on: phrasal verbs and can, could, will, and would
- •Figure on
- •Lift upon
- •Line up
- •Tell apart tell apart & tells apart telling apart told apart told apart
- •19. Focus on: phrasal verbs and the adverb right
- •Bring over
- •Cool off
- •Hand over hand over & hands over handing over handed over handed over
- •Pull over
- •20. Focus on: phrasal verbs followed by the -ing form
- •Start out start out & starts out starting out started out started out
- •Stay up stay up & stays up staying up stayed up stayed up
- •21. Focus on: phrasal verbs and should and ought to
- •Very probable: should and ought to
- •Look over look over & looks over looking over looked over looked over
- •Pick on
- •Step on
- •Take out on
- •22. Focus on: the particle up and the adverbs right and all
- •Clear up
- •Heat up
- •Plug up
- •Wipe up
- •23. Focus on: two-word phrasal verbs that require an additional particle when used with an object, 2
- •Cut down
- •Get away
- •Make up
- •Watch out
- •Exercise 23b — Complete the sentences with the correct second particles.
- •Slow down
- •Trade in trade in & trades in trading in traded in traded in
- •1. The doctor said I was cured, but he wants me to see him in a year for a __________.
- •25. Focus on: phrasal verbs and have to, have got to, and must
- •Do with
- •Have on have on & has on having on had on had on
- •Knock over
- •Lighten up
- •Plan ahead
- •Think up think up & thinks up thinking up thought up thought up
- •26. Focus on: phrasal verbs and the adverb back
- •Open up open up & opens up opening up opened up opened up
- •Put together put together & puts together putting together put together put together
- •Shut off shut off & shuts off shutting off shut off shut off
- •Start up
- •27. Focus on: phrasal verbs with the particle off and the adverb right
- •Break off
- •Tear off
- •Wash off
- •Wipe off
- •Break up
- •Call up
- •Carry out carry out & carries out carrying out carried out carried out
- •Mess up
- •It looks like Timmy was the last one in the bathroom — it's really messed up.
- •29. Focus on: phrasal verbs and might, may, and can
- •Drop in
- •Flip out
- •Look out
- •Luck out
- •Run across run across & runs across running across ran across run across
- •30. Focus on: participle adjectives formed from phrasal verbs, 2
- •Lock out
- •Punch out & punches out punching out punched out punched out
- •Put out & puts out putting out put out put out
- •Wash up wash up & washes up washing up washed up washed up
- •10. Thanks for helping me move my piano. I'm sorry to ________ you ________.
- •Do away with
- •Look into look into & looks into looking into looked into looked into
- •Plan on
- •Put off & puts off putting off put off put off
- •32. Focus on: phrasal verbs with the particle out
- •Come out come out & comes out coming out came out come out
- •Fall out
- •Stick out
- •33. Focus on: phrasal verbs and midsentence adverbs
- •Catch on catch on & catches on catching on caught on caught on
- •Fall behind
- •Goof around
- •Know about know about & knows about knowing about knew about known about
- •Pull off pull off & pulls off pulling off pulled off pulled off
- •Exercise 33b — Complete the sentences with the correct second particles.
- •34. Focus on: pronunciation of two-and three-word phrasal verbs, 2
- •Lead up to
- •Stand for
- •Stick to stick to & sticks to sticking to stuck to stuck to
- •Leave behind
- •Live with
- •Narrow down narrow down & narrows down narrowing down narrowed down narrowed down
- •Trick into trick into & tricks into tricking into tricked into tricked into
- •36. Focus on: phrasal verbs with the particle down
- •Fall down
- •Go down
- •Put down put down & puts down putting down put down put down
- •37. Focus on: phrasal verbs used as nouns, 3
- •Hang out
- •Leave over left over
- •38. Focus on: the verb keep and adverbs and adverbials showing degrees of variability
- •Keep away
- •Keep down
- •Keep off keep off & keeps off keeping off kept off kept off
- •Keep on keep on & keeps on keeping on kept on kept on
- •Keep up
- •39. Focus on: passive phrasal verbs, 3
- •Cross off
- •Fill up
- •Take over
- •40. Focus on: gerund phrasal verbs vs. Phrasal verbs followed by the -ing form
- •Bring up & brings up bringing up brought up brought up
- •Come back
- •Go away
- •Run around run around & runs around running around ran around run around
- •41. Focus on: two-word phrasal verbs with the particle in that require into when used with an object
- •Let in & lets in letting in let in let in
- •Plug in
- •Sneak out
- •43. Focus on: modals and present perfect phrasal verbs
- •Gross out gross out & grosses out grossing out grossed out grossed out
- •Head toward & heads toward heading toward headed toward headed toward
- •Run up & runs up running up ran up run up
- •Stop off
- •44. Focus on: participle adjectives and passive phrasal verbs with the verb get
- •Stress out & stresses out stressing out stressed out stressed out
- •45. Focus on: phrasal verbs with the verb turn
- •Turn in
- •Turn off
- •46. Focus on: pronunciation of phrasal verbs with the particle into
- •Bump into
- •Freak out freak out & freaks out freaking out freaked out freaked out
- •Make for make for & makes for making for made for made for
- •Talk into
- •Talk out of
- •47. Focus on: particles used without verbs
- •Cut back
- •Move out
- •48. Focus on: modals and present perfect passive phrasal verbs
- •Knock out
- •Look up to
- •1. Look up to p.V. When you look up to people, you admire and respect them.
- •Put back
- •Switch on & switches on switching on switched on switched on
- •Throw out throw out & throws out throwing out threw out thrown out
- •49. Focus on: combinations of get, right, back, and to
- •Get ahead
- •Get back to
- •Start off
- •Come down to
- •Deal with
- •Pay back
- •Take up on
- •1. Take... Up on p.V. When you take people up on an offer, you accept their offer.
- •Wear out
- •Index of Phrasal Verbs by Section
Get ahead
get ahead & gets ahead getting ahead got ahead gottenlgot ahead
1. get ahead p.v. When you get ahead, you become more successful and make progress in your job or your life.
With your pessimistic attitude, you'll never get ahead.
Getting ahead is pretty easy when your father owns the company.
Get back to
get back to & gets back to getting back to got back to gottenlgot back to
1. get back to p.v. When you get back to people, you talk to them later, usually because you do not have time to talk to them at the time or because you will have information for them later that you do not have now.
l don't have time to talk now; I'm really busy. Can I get back to you ?
That real estate agent still hasn't gotten back to me to let me know if our offer was accepted.
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past tense |
past participle |
get on |
get on & gets on |
getting on |
got on |
gottenlgot on |
1. get on p.v. When you move your body toward something and stand, sit, or lie on it, you get on it.
The nurse asked me to take off my shirt and get on the examination table.
If you get on that chair you can reach the top shelf.
2. get on p.v. When you mount an animal, bicycle, motorcycle, and so on, you get on it.
Getting on a camel isn't as easy as getting on a horse.
The children got back on their bikes and went home.
3. get on p.v. When you enter a bus, train, airplane, ship, and so on, you get on it.
The bus stopped so that I could get on.
Only people who are going on the cruise can get on the ship.
4. get... on p.v. When you get an item of clothing on, you put it on your body.
Get your coat on. It's cold outside.
These gloves are too small. I can't get them on.
5. get on (with) p.v. When you continue doing something, you get on, get on withwhat you were doing, or get on with it.
It's getting late. If we're going to finish this work today we'd better get on with it.
I didn't say you could stop! Get on with your work.
get to
get to & gets to getting to got to gottenlgot to
1. get... to p.v. When you get to a place, you arrive there. When you get peopleto a place, you help them to go there or take them there. When you get to work,you arrive at the place where you work.
Sarah left her house at 8:30 and got to the beach at 9:15.
When I get to Tokyo, I'll call to let you know I arrived safely.
Frank got fired because he kept getting to work late.
I went to the restaurant across the street for lunch, and I didn't get back to work until 2:30.
2. get to p.v. When things or people get to a certain level, number, or amount, they reach it.
lr sure was hot yesterday. It must have gotten to 100 degrees.
When I run, I always try to get to five miles before I quit.
3. get to p.v. When you get to something that you want or need to do, you find the time to do it. When you get to work, you start working.
l didn't have time to do the ironing last night. I'll try to get to it tonight.
Karen finally got back to her school project yesterday. She hadn't worked on it for weeks.
You've wasted the entire morning. When are you going to get to work?
My boss told me to get off the phone and get back to work.
4. get to p.v. [informal] When you get to doing something, you begin todo it gradually.
Dad got to thinking that maybe we ought to move to Los Angeles and try to find work there.
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After seeing all those strange lights in the sky, I got to wondering if maybe UFOs really exist after all.
5. get to p.v. When you get to do something, you are allowed to do it or are able to do it.
Timmy was excited because he got to ride a pony.
I hope I get to shake the President's hand after his speech.
6. get to p.v. When something gets to you, it bothers or annoys you, either psychologically or physically.
Jim's constant complaining is really starting to get to his wife.
Let's sit down and rest — this heat is getting to me.
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-ing form |
past tense |
past participle |
hang on |
hang on & hangs on |
hanging on |
hung on |
hung on |
1. hang on (to) p.v. When you hang on or hang on to something, you hold it tightly so that you will not fall or be hurt. Hold on is similar to hang on.
l fell off the horse because I wasn't hanging on tightly enough.
If she'd hung on to my hand, she wouldn't have fallen off the cliff.
2. hang on p.v. [informal] When you hang on, you wait for a short time. Hold on is the same as hang on.
Hang on for a minute — I'll be right back.
Judy's coming to the phone now — can you hang on?