Phrasal verbs

Phrasal Verbs (Separables)
Verbos Compuestos.
Compound verbs consist of a verb and another word or phrase, usually a preposition (to this other part is called particle). The resulting combination creates a new verb, whose meaning may be intriguing for nonnative speakers of English. Phrasal verbs often arise from casual use of language and eventually become widely used. Phrasal verbs can beeither intransitive (The Children Were sitting around, doing nothing. The witness finally broke down on the stand.) And transitive (Our boss call off the meeting. She look up her old boyfriend.)

The problem with phrasal verbs is that their meaning may at first be dark, and can often have several different meanings. To make out, for example, can mean to perceive or see something, it can also meanengaging in light sexual play. In the expression turn up the street we have a combination of verb and preposition but not a compound verb. On the other hand, in the expression of your neighbors unexpectedly turn up (appear) at a party or your brother turns up historical radio, here if we compound verbs. To come out, they say, has 18 different meanings.

Verbs can combine with differentprepositions and other words, sometimes with results that are puzzling: stand out, stand up, stand in, stand off, stand by, stand fast, stand pat, stand down, stand against, stand for. Additionally, the verb and the word or phrase to which it connects are not always contiguous, we can say "Fill this out," but we can also say, "Fill out this form."
Object pronouns with phrasal verbs
Phrasal Verbs
Phrasalverbs are a group of multi-word verbs made from a verb plus another word or words. Many people refer to all multi-word verbs as phrasal verbs. On these pages we make a distinction between three types of multi-word verbs: prepositional verbs, phrasal verbs and phrasal-prepositional verbs. On this page we look at phrasal verbs proper.
Phrasal verbs are made of:
verb + adverb
Phrasal verbs can be:* intransitive (no direct object)
* transitive (direct object)
Here are some examples of phrasal verbs:
| phrasal verbs | meaning | examples |
| | |   | direct object |
intransitive phrasal verbs | get up | rise from bed | I don't like to get up. |   |
| break down | cease to function | He was late because his car broke down. |   |
transitive phrasal verbs | put off |postpone | We will have to put off | the meeting. |
| turn down | refuse | They turned down | my offer. |
Separable Phrasal Verbs
When phrasal verbs are transitive (that is, they have a direct object), we can usually separate the two parts. For example, "turn down" is a separable phrasal verb. We can say: "turn down my offer" or "turn my offer down". Look at this table:
transitive phrasal verbsare
separable | | They | turned |   | down | my offer. |
| | They | turned | my offer | down. |   |
However, if the direct object is a pronoun, we have no choice. We must separate the phrasal verb and insert the pronoun between the two parts. Look at this example with the separable phrasal verb "switch on":
direct object pronouns must go between the two parts of transitive phrasal verbs| | John | switched |   | on | the radio. | These are all possible. |
| | John | switched | the radio | on. |   | |
| | John | switched | it | on. |   | |
| | John | switched | | on | it. | This is not possible. |
Phrasal verbs (no-separables)

You can not separate the verb and preposition complement direct object must come after the preposition or adverb that makes up thephrasal verb.

An example is "look after" in the sense of "caring" or "address":

Their Parents Must look after kids.

-The inseparable phrasal verbs, ie those verbs whose elements can not be separated:

* Tom meat across the keys I Had lost

Phrasal verbs with modals: (can,could,would)
All the auxiliary verbs except be, do and have are called modals. Unlike other auxiliary verbs modals...