Understanding Phrasal and Prepositional Verbs in English

1. PHRASAL VERBS AND PREPOSITIONAL VERBS

2. MULTI-WORD VERBS  verbs combined with an adverb or a preposition, or sometimes both, to give a new meaning, for example put up with, look after  predictable, transparent meaning: (wake up, sit down)  idiomatic meaning: (look after = take care of, put up with = tolerate)  their most important characteristic is the order of the words in a sentence  if a phrasal or prepositional verb is followed by another verb, the second verb is in gerund (e.g. She is good at painting.)

3.  1. phrasal verbs: verb + adverb (e.g This new hair style is beginning to catch on.)  2. prepositional verbs: verb + preposition (e.g. An envelope was waiting for me when I got home.)  3. phrasal-prepositional verbs: verb + adverb + preposition (e.g. We still haven’t come up with a solution to the problem.)  main difference: the position of the object in the sentence

4. PHRASAL VERBS  they can be transitive and intransitive  the position of the object is flexible  it can be either between the verb and the adverb, or after the adverb  e.g. They frightened the deer away / frightened away the deer when they got too close to them.  however, if the object is a pronoun, the adverb must be placed after the object  e.g. They frightened them away when they got too close to them.

7. PREPOSITIONAL VERBS  all prepositional verbs have direct objects  the object must sit after the preposition  prepositional verbs cannot be separated  e.g. He often looks at his photos. / He often looks at them.

10. PHRASAL-PREPOSITIONAL VERBS  verb + adverb + preposition  phrasal-prepositional verbs have direct objects because they end with a preposition  they work grammatically the same as other prepositional verbs  e.g: This lecture quite lived up to my expectations.

13. REMINDER  Phrasal verbs: the position of the object is flexible  They frightened the deer away / frightened away the deer when they got too close to them.  They frightened them away when they got too close to them (pronoun: if the object is a pronoun, the adverb must be placed after the object)  Prepositional and phrasal-prepositional verbs: the object must sit after the preposition  He often looks at his photos. / He often looks at them. (pronoun!)  This lecture quite lived up to my expectations.

14.  The play quite lived up to my expectations.  I can’t put up with all this noise!  This cold weather really gets me down.  The escaped prisoner gave herself up.  I waited for her in the corridor.  If you say that, people will just laugh at you.  Don’t worry, you can count on me.  I have to do up my living-room.  Harry is clever but he can’t put his ideas across.  Drop in any time you’re passing.  Our soldiers carried out a successful attack last night.  Can you switch the light off?

15. SOURCES  https://btk.ppke.hu/karunkrol/intezetek-tanszekek/angol- amerikai-intezet/oktatok/balogne-berces-katalin/balogne- berces-katalin/kurzusok:  Lányi Dorottya: phrasal verbs and prepositional verbs  Emszt Fanni: phrasal verbs  http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/gram mar/learnit/learnitv54.shtml