This document discusses phrasal verbs, which are verb phrases that indicate actions. It explains that phrasal verbs can consist of a verb and a preposition, adverb, or combination. Phrasal verbs can be separable or inseparable. The meaning of the verb changes based on the particle used. There are many phrasal verbs and no rules to learn them all. The document provides examples of meanings for different particles like "up", "down", "on", etc. It recommends videos to help manage learning phrasal verbs.

1. Phrasal verbs
How to be successful at using them!

2. What are they?
Phrasal verbs are phrases that indicate actions. They
are generally used in spoken English and informal
texts. Examples of such verbs include: turn down,
come across and run into.

3. How are they formed?
Phrasal verbs may consist of a
verb and a preposition or an
adverb as write down or carry
on.
Sometimes phrasal verbs may
consist of three elements as a
verb and 2 prepositions or 2
adverbs. Another possible
combination is a verb plus a
preposition and an adverb.
Possible example are to look
forwards to or put up with.

4. Separable and
inseparable
phrasal verbs
If you can insert a personal
pronoun or an object in this
combination it’s separable as
in “Take it off”. If you can’t, it’s
inseparable. “I came across
…”

5. Particles change the
meaning of the original
verbs

6. There are no
rules to learn
them!
There is a wide range of
phrasal verbs, increasing day
by day and it’s almost
impossible to learn all of
them.

7. How can you manage
them?
There are no recipes but I found out a
video which was inspiring for me and helps
you out. Here’re the links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1uduN
-i8R0&t=358s and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCkk3F
CcBnA. I’ll be trying to use the tips of this
Australian teacher to give you some clues
by reflecting upon particles.

8. UP meanings
- A movement through space upward and we
may understand the meaning “to pick up a
biscuit or to go up the mountain”.
- This movement shows a greater quantity, an
increase, an improvement:”to speak up”, “to
dress up”.
- correct orientation as set up a business, to
warm up.
- to bring into your vision as to go up to sb,
look up a word, read up the language.
- to destroy as to to split up a relationship
- to be full as in to fill up
- to end as to use up the battery

9. DOWN meanings
- a downward movement as in
put down and fall down
- to reduce a quantity as in
calm down or to cut down
- a worsening situation as my
car broke down or to let you
down

10. ON meanings
- Contact between two surfaces as in
to put on clothes or to hold on to
something.
- Support as in to depend on.
- Effects as in turn on or to cheer you
on.
- Movement in time as in carry you on
working or to think on that idea.
- to capture or to attack as in bullies
picked on a boy.

11. OFF meanings
- to lose contact as in I hope this
stain will come off
or to see them off
- to move away from a current
condition as I was really bad but
now I’m better off
- to maintain a distance as in cut
off

12. IN meanings
- Inside as in to stay in or to fill
in.
- Put inside your mind as in to
put in the story.
- Including or adding
something as to keep in touch
or to add in.

13. OUT meanings
- out of something, absent as in to
go out or to stretch out
- absence as in verbs as to run
out or to sell out
- to keep it out as in to block out or
cross out
- out of your vision as in to find out

14. Of meanings
- Pieces of as in smell of or
to smell of. In an abstract
way we might say to remind
of.
- Things I don’t have
anymore as in to rob of or
to deprive of.

15. (A)ROUND
meanings
- moving in a circular motion or in
general as in to run around the
classroom
- to avoid as the politician is trying to
skate around an issue
- spinning, doing nothing as in to
hang around
- to persuade, change their opinions
as in to talk around a person

16. BACK meanings
- to move into the past to
give it back.
- To repeat as in to call
back.
- to stop something or
somebody to make
progress as in to hold you
back or force you back.

17. OVER meanings
- moving as to go over to your friend’s
house
- actions which are completed,
especially with obstacles as in to get
over
- to cover something as to freeze over
- to change or transfer as in I can take
over your company
- a static position, to stay higher as in to
think over an idea or to look over a
proposal

18. THOUGH meanings
- It derives from a old word
meaning water pipe as in to listen
through the sound.
- complete actions as to look
through the paper.
- passing difficulties as to get
through this terrible period
-to transmit as in I can’t get
through

19. FOR meanings
- It is connected to ‘forehead’,
related to mind as to apply for
a job or to study for an exam
- to show emotion for a
recipient as to care for
students