Phrasal verbs combine a normal verb with an adverb or preposition to create an entirely new verbal phrase. Phrasal verbs are less appropriate in formal settings such as when writing a formal document or an academic essay hence they should be avoided. Examples of phrasal verbs are put off, ask around, break down, pass out, go ahead, calm down, catch up, and look up. The two types of phrasal verbs are : separable and inseparable.
Separable types of phrasal verbs are those that the verb and particle can be placed together or apart. For example, They looked the word up in the dictionary or They looked up the word in the dictionary.
Inseparable phrasal verbs can not be separated when they are used in a sentence. For example, We should catch up later.
There are also transitive and intransitive phrasal verbs.
Transitive phrasal verbs use a direct object just like normal transitive verbs for example, Sam couldn’t put up with the beeping horn any longer. Likewise, there is no use of an object when using intransitive phrasal verbs. For example, The manager was late, so the sales team went ahead without her.
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