For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org THE ULTIMATE PHRASAL VERB BOOK Contents 9 TO THE TEACHER 10 TO THE STUDENT 11 1. FOCUS ON: separable and nonseparable phrasal verbs 13 come from 13 figure out 14 give back 14 look for 14 put on 14 run into 15 show up 15 take off 16 2. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs and do, does, and did 20 come off 21 doze off 22 fall for 22 give in 22 hear about 22 pull through 22 stay off 23 throw up 23 3. FOCUS ON: three-word phrasal verbs 26 feel up to 26 get over with 26 go along with 26 go in for 27 look forward to 27 put up with 27 screw out of 27 talk down to 27 4. FOCUS ON: present and past continuous phrasal verbs 30 cheat on 30 go after 30 look up 31 pay for 31 plan for 32 point to 32 put to 32 wrap up 33 5. FOCUS ON: pronunciation of two-word phrasal verbs 36 break down 36 burn down 38 call in 38 find out 38 hand back 38 look at 39 setup 39 6. FOCUS ON: pronunciation of three-word phrasal verbs 44 boil down to 44 come down with 44 come up with 45 get around to 45 get out of 45 go back on 45 go through with 46 monkey around with 46 7. FOCUS ON: separable phrasal verbs with long objects 49 For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org cut up 49 hold up 50 let out 50 point out 51 run over 51 see about 52 take apart 52 take in 52 8. FOCUS ON: present perfect phrasal verbs 58 burn out 58 fall over 59 fight back 59 hear of 60 pick out 60 tear down 60 work in 61 9. FOCUS ON: two-word phrasal verbs that require an additional particle when used with an object, 1 65 break out 66 catch up 66 chicken out 67 get along 67 give up 67 hang up 67 hook up 68 work up 68 10. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs used as nouns, 1 73 fall off 73 fill in 74 go ahead 74 grow up 75 hand out 75 kick back 76 lay off 76 screw up 77 11. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs used in compound nouns 82 backup 83 cut off 84 drop off 85 follow up 86 take out 86 try out 87 wake up 88 work out 88 12. FOCUS ON: past perfect phrasal verbs 95 back off 95 come across 96 come up 96 fall through 97 put out 97 screw on 98 sign in 98 sign out 98 13. FOCUS ON: passive phrasal verbs, 1 102 call off 102 dose off 102 hand in 103 let off 104 light up 104 track down 105 14. FOCUS ON: participle adjectives formed from phrasal verbs, 1 109 butt in 110 dress up 110 dry up 110 fill out 111 put away 111 For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org stick up 111 use up 112 15. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs and will or be going to 118 blow away 119 come through 119 dry out 120 fix up 120 go with 121 head back 122 tell on 123 16. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs with gerund objects, 1 127 believe in 127 carry on 128 count on 128 get through 129 go for 130 hold off 130 put past 130 think about 131 17. FOCUS ON: adverbs and phrasal verbs 136 come over 137 get back at 137 go about 138 grow out of 138 rip up 138 wear down 139 18. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs and can, could, will, and would 144 breakthrough 145 figure on 145 get off 146 go beyond 147 lift upon 147 line up 147 stand around 148 tell apart 148 19. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs and the adverb right 152 aim at 152 bring back 153 bring over 153 cool off 153 go back 154 hand over 154 pull over 154 warm up 155 20. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs followed by the -ing form 160 end up 160 go around 160 Go off 162 hang around 163 lie around 164 start out 164 stay up 164 21. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs and should and ought to 169 look around 170 look over 170 pick on 170 settle down 171 step on 171 take out on 171 think ahead 172 zip up 172 22. FOCUS ON: the particle up and the adverbs right and all 176 burn up 177 For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org clear up 177 count up 178 eat up 178 heat up 178 pay up 178 plug up 179 wipe up 179 23. FOCUS ON: two-word phrasal verbs that require an additional particle when used with an object, 2 183 crack down 183 cut down 183 drop out 184 get away 184 hold out 185 make up 185 stay out 187 watch out 187 24. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs used as nouns, 2 191 come down 191 Let up 192 print out 192 show off 193 slow down 193 stop over 194 trade in 194 25. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs and have to, have got to, and must 199 do with 200 have on 200 hurry up 201 knock over 201 lighten up 201 plan ahead 201 settle for 202 think up 202 26. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs and the adverb back 205 get together 205 go over 206 go up 207 let in on 207 open up 208 put together 208 shut off 208 start up 209 27. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs with the particle off and the adverb right 213 bite off 214 break off 214 dry off 214 knock off 215 tear off 215 wash off 215 wear off 216 wipe off 216 28. FOCUS ON: passive phrasal verbs, 2 221 beef up 221 break up 221 call back 222 call up 222 carry out 222 give away 223 mess up 223 stand up 224 29. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs and might, may, and can 228 ask for 228 come apart 229 drop in 229 flip out 229 For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org look out 229 luck out 229 make out 230 run across 230 30. FOCUS ON: participle adjectives formed from phrasal verbs, 2 234 lock in 235 Lock out 235 punch in 236 put out 236 sort out 237 space out 238 wash up 238 31. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs and gerund subjects 244 care for 244 cut out 245 do away with 245 do without 246 look into 246 plan on 246 put off 246 rule out 247 32. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs with the particle out 250 clean out 251 clear out 252 come out 252 empty out 254 fall out 254 go out 254 leave out 255 stick out 255 33. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs and midsentence adverbs 261 blow up 262 catch on 262 come about 263 fall behind 263 goof around 263 help out 264 know about 264 pull off 264 34. FOCUS ON: pronunciation of two-and three-word phrasal verbs, 2 268 do over 268 float around 269 lead up to 269 put up to 269 stand for 269 stick around 270 stick to 270 take back 271 35. FOCUS ON: gerund phrasal verbs 275 fool around 276 go by 276 hold against 277 leave behind 277 live with 277 make of 278 narrow down 278 trick into 278 36. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs with the particle down 282 back down 282 calm down 283 fall down 283 go down 283 lay down 284 put down 284 run down 285 For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org sit down 286 37. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs used as nouns, 3 291 brush off 291 come on 292 cover up 293 hang out 293 leave over left over 293 Let down 294 talk to 295 38. FOCUS ON: the verb keep and adverbs and adverbials showing degrees of variability 300 keep at 301 keep away 301 keep down 301 keep from 302 keep off 302 keep on 302 keep to 303 keep up 303 39. FOCUS ON: passive phrasal verbs, 3 307 chop up 308 cross off 308 fill up 308 pick up 309 sell out 310 straighten out 311 take over 311 wipe out 312 40. FOCUS ON: gerund phrasal verbs vs. phrasal verbs followed by the -ing form 318 -ing form 318 gerund 318 blow off 318 burst out 319 come back 319 get off on 320 go away 320 run around 320 stick with 321 41. FOCUS ON: two-word phrasal verbs with the particle in that require into when used with an object 325 break in 326 Check out 327 go in 328 let in 328 plug in 328 sneak in 329 sneak out 329 42. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs with get, 1 333 get back 333 get behind 334 get down 335 get in 335 get out 336 get over 337 get up 338 43. FOCUS ON: modals and present perfect phrasal verbs 342 blow out 343 give out 344 gross out 344 run up 344 shut up 345 stop off 345 try on 345 44. FOCUS ON: participle adjectives and passive phrasal verbs with the verb get 351 For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org beat up 352 mix up 353 piss off 354 rip off 354 45. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs with the verb turn 359 turn down 359 turn in 359 turn into 360 turn off 360 turn on 361 turn out 362 turn over 363 turn up 364 46. FOCUS ON: pronunciation of phrasal verbs with the particle into 369 build in 369 bump into 369 con into 370 con out of 370 freak out 370 make for 370 talk into 370 talk out of 371 47. FOCUS ON: particles used without verbs 375 brush up 375 come in 376 cut back 376 move in 377 move out 377 pull out 378 put in 378 run out 379 48. FOCUS ON: modals and present perfect passive phrasal verbs 383 close down 384 knock out 384 look down on 385 look up to 385 put back 385 switch off 386 throw out 386 49. FOCUS ON: combinations of get, right, back, and to 391 dog up 394 get ahead 394 get back to 394 get on 394 get to 395 hang on 396 start off 396 throw away 396 50. FOCUS ON: Keep at it! 401 ask out 401 come down to 401 deal with 401 hold on 402 pay back 402 take up on 402 turn around 402 wear out 403 Answers 409 Index 431 For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS To the Teacher / iv To the Student / v 1. Separable and Nonseparable Phrasal Verbs / 1 2. Phrasal Verbs and do, does, and did / 8 3. Three-Word Phrasal Verbs / 14 4. Present and Past Continuous Phrasal Verbs / 18 5. Pronunciation of Two-Word Phrasal Verbs / 24 6. Pronunciation of Three-Word Phrasal Verbs / 32 7. Separable Phrasal Verbs with Long Objects / 37 8. Present Perfect Phrasal Verbs / 46 9. Two-Word Phrasal Verbs That Require an Additional Particle When Used with an Object, 1 / 53 10. Phrasal Verbs Used as Nouns, 1 / 61 11. Phrasal Verbs Used in Compound Nouns / 70 12. Past Perfect Phrasal Verbs / 83 13. Passive Phrasal Verbs, 1 / 91 14. Participle Adjectives Formed from Phrasal Verbs, 1 / 98 15. Phrasal Verbs and will or be going to /107 16. Phrasal Verbs with Gerund Objects, 1 / 116 17. Adverbs and Phrasal Verbs / 125 18. Phrasal Verbs and can, could, will, and would / 133 19. Phrasal Verbs and the Adverb right I 141 20. Phrasal Verbs Followed by the -ing Form / 149 21. Phrasal Verbs and should and ought to 158 22. The Particle up and the Adverbs right and all I 165 23. Two-Word Phrasal Verbs That Require an Additional Particle When Used with an Object, 2 / 172 24. Phrasal Verbs Used as Nouns, 2 / 180 25. Phrasal Verbs and have to, have got to, and must / 188 iii 26. Phrasal Verbs and the Adverb bade / 194 27. Phrasal Verbs with the Particle off and the Adverb right I 202 28. Passive Phrasal Verbs, 2 / 210 29. Phrasal Verbs and might, may, and can /217 30. Participle Adjectives Formed from Phrasal Verbs, 2 / 223 31. Phrasal Verbs and Gerund Subjects / 233 32. Phrasal Verbs with the Particle our / 239 33. Phrasal Verbs and Midsentence Adverbs / 250 34. Pronunciation of Two- and Three-Word Phrasal Verbs, 2 / 257 35. Gerund Phrasal Verbs / 264 36. Phrasal Verbs with the Particle down / 271 37. Phrasal Verbs Used as Nouns, 3 / 280 38. The Verb keep and Adverbs and Adverbials Showing Degrees of Variability / 289 39. Passive Phrasal Verbs, 3 / 296 40. Gerund Phrasal Verbs vs. Phrasal Verbs Followed by the -ing Form / 307 41. Two-Word Phrasal Verbs with the Particle in That Require into When Used with an Object /314 42. Phrasal Verbs with get, 1 / 322 43. Modals and Present Perfect Phrasal Verbs / 331 44. Participle Adjectives and Passive Phrasal Verbs with the Verb get I 340 45. Phrasal Verbs with the Verb rum / 348 46. Pronunciation of Phrasal Verbs with the Particle into / 358 47. Particles Used Without Verbs / 364 48. Modals and Present Perfect Passive Phrasal Verbs / 372 49. Combinations of get, right, back, and tо / 380 50. Keep at It! / 390 Answers to Exercises / 398 Index / 410 TO THE TEACHER The inspiration for The Ultimate Phrasal Verb Book came about when a student asked me for a textbook to help her learn the meanings of common phrasal verbs. I had nothing to offer. The only textbook focusing on common verbs that I could give her contains not one phrasal verb — it teaches arise but not get up, awake but not wake up, seek but not look for. Phrasal verbs are verbs, not idiomatic curiosities. There is no logic to classifying take over with take the bull by the horns. Phrasal verbs are an essential part of spoken and written English at all levels, and no student who hopes to master the language can afford to overlook them. Although this textbook is intended primarily for high-intermediate to advanced students, ambitious students at lower levels will benefit from it as well. Only some FOCUS sections may prove to be a little beyond them; otherwise, there is nothing to prevent any student from studying the definitions and examples and attempting the exercises. A vocabulary textbook should provide mechanics as well as meaning. Students want to know more than what a word means — they want to know how to use it correctly. The importance of mechanics is the reason for the emphasis on the prepositions required when some phrasal verbs are used transitively and for the inclusion of reviews of points of grammar not specific to phrasal verbs. Prepositions are the glue that holds English together, but many students falter when using newly learned verbs because they do not know that a preposition is also required, or if they do, which one. This aspect of English is not given the attention it deserves because it is difficult to teach — there are no rules that govern when a preposition, or which preposition, is required, and no teacher likes to say "You just have to remember." The hope of the latter feature, the discussion of points of grammar not specific to phrasal verbs, is that combining practice with phrasal verbs and practice with a variety of grammatical structures will increase not only the student's confidence in the knowledge of phrasal verbs but also his or her willingness and ability to use them in a wider range of situations. There is inevitably a degree of oversimplification. That phrasal verb particles are sometimes prepositions and sometimes adverbs is mentioned only once. No purpose is served by differentiating between them, and the overlap between the two is confusing to the student. Phrasal verbs are not identified as transitive or intransitive because this is dictated by logic. Less common meanings of some phrasal verbs have not been included. Adverb placement is presented and illustrated in simplified form without discussion of the different types of adverbs — doing so would have gone beyond the scope of this textbook. iv [...]... part of a phrasal verb In other words, the phrasal verb minus the particle In the phrasal verb pull over, pull is the verb and over is the particle The adverbs and prepositions in phrasal verbs are both called particles in this book Many particles are adverbs and prepositions, and it can be very difficult and confusing to figure out if a particle in a particular phrasal verb is one or the other Fortunately,... of the most common phrasal verbs and also of common nouns and adjectives made from phrasal verbs Most phrasal verbs are nor informal, slang, or improper for educated speech or formal writing Exactly the opposite is true — most phrasal verbs are acceptable at all levels of spoken or written English In fact, for many of the phrasal verbs in this textbook, there is no alternative to the phrasal verb — there... 7 They were killed when they a truck 8 The mechanic can't what the problem is with my car 13 3 FOCUS ON: three-word phrasal verbs Phrasal verbs are not always composed of two words Three-word phrasal verbs are composed of a verb and two particles: the first particle is normally an adverb, and the second a preposition Like two-word phrasal verbs, three-word phrasal verbs are either... verb can be placed between the verb and the particle vi 1 FOCUS ON: separable and nonseparable phrasal verbs Phrasal verbs are either separable or nonseparable Unfortunately, there is no rule that will help you to look at a phrasal verb and always know whether it is separable or nonseparable Separable phrasal verbs Separable phrasal verbs can be separated by their object When the object is a noun, it... because there is a lot to learn in this textbook, there is a lot of review to help you learn it Every phrasal verb is reviewed at least twice later in the book The more idiomatic phrasal verbs are reviewed more often, and the more important meanings of phrasal verbs with several meanings are reviewed more often Terms, Abbreviations, and Symbols Used in this Textbook verb particle p.v Verb refers to the verb. .. whether the object is placed between the verb and the particle or placed after the particle Both sentences below are correct: I took my shoes off I took off my shoes However, when a pronoun is used instead of a noun, the pronoun must be placed between the verb and the particle: I took them off I took off them But in one type of sentence, separable phrasal verbs must be separated — when the phrasal verb. .. important to the student, so it is a lot easier to simply call them both particles phrasal verb n a noun made from a phrasal verb part.adj participle adjective — a past participle of a phrasal verb used as an adjective put on it When words or sentences have a line through them, it means that they are incorrect Three dots between the verb and the particle mean that the object of the phrasal verb can be... and past continuous phrasal verbs Like one-word verbs, phrasal verbs can normally be used in the continuous tense (also called the progressive tense) using the -ing form of the verb (also called the present participle) and a form of be: The principal told me you'd been cheating on the test I've been going after my master's for nearly five years Which dictionary is he looking up the words in? How will... OUT on the bathroom floor Transitive nonseparable phrasal verbs (verbs that require an object) are usually accented on the verb: Hank's been CHEATING on his wife for years I told the teacher my dog ate my homework, but she didn't FALL for it Separable phrasal verbs Separable phrasal verbs (which are always transitive) are usually accented on the particle: The British soldiers tried to burn DOWN the White... sparks 4 The patient pulled through 5 The plot come off as planned EXERCISE 2d — Write answers to the questions using phrasal verbs from this section Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense 1 My mother told me not to walk on the kitchen floor What did my mother tell me? 2 When Dan saw that new motorcycle, he decided he had to buy it no matter how much it cost How did Dan feel about the motorcycle? . phrasal verb. In other words, the phrasal verb minus the particle. In the phrasal verb pull over, pull is the verb and over is the particle. particle The adverbs and prepositions in phrasal verbs. Perfect Phrasal Verbs / 331 44. Participle Adjectives and Passive Phrasal Verbs with the Verb get I 340 45. Phrasal Verbs with the Verb rum / 348 46. Pronunciation of Phrasal Verbs with the Particle. Adverbs and Phrasal Verbs / 125 18. Phrasal Verbs and can, could, will, and would / 133 19. Phrasal Verbs and the Adverb right I 141 20. Phrasal Verbs Followed by the -ing Form / 149 21. Phrasal