HOW TO USE PHRASAL VERBS IN DIFFERENT SENTENCES (PART II)

 

HOW TO USE PHRASAL VERBS IN DIFFERENT SENTENCES

 

Transitive and intransitive are simply terms that apply to all verbs depending on whether an action is transferred to an object (transitive) or not (intransitive), so let’s focus on separable and inseparable phrasal verbs.

Separable phrasal verbs

Separable phrasal verbs are separable because they can be separated by the object (i.e. the object can come between the words that make up the verb).

Although words may come between the two parts of the phrasal verb, the two parts should not be switched in order. For example, in the examples below, holding comes before against and hand comes before over.

Example:

1. For a long time, I was the one who had been holding all the anger against you.
2. Manish was waiting for his application form. If you don’t mind, can you please hand it over to him?

Inseparable phrasal verbs

Unlike separable phrasal verbs, these particular phrases can never be separated from each other no matter what. They are meant to be together, always.

Example:

1. The burglars broke into the car.
2. I need to do away with my past to get my things right.

Now that you know about phrasal verbs and have learned about their types, identifying these types of verbs in a sentence is easy.

There are many examples of phrasal verbs in English.

 

AUTHOR

Dr L Suresh

Assistant Professor of English

Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science

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