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THREE-WORD PHRASAL VERBS NOUNS BASED ON PHRASAL VERBS
Three-word phrasal verbs Some nouns are made from phrasal verbs, often formed
have a verb, a particle, VERB + PARTICLE + PREPOSITION by joining the verb and the particle together. When
and a preposition. The these words are spoken, the stress is usually on the verb.
particle and preposition
often change the usual Verb Particle
meaning of the verb.
The verb changes The particle and preposition
with the subject. never change form.
INTONATION Stress is on the
first syllable.
In spoken English, the stress is on the
middle word of a three-word phrasal verb. Sometimes, the noun is formed by putting the particle in front
of the verb. In these cases, the spoken stress is usually on the particle.
FURTHER EXAMPLES
TIP
Most, but not all,
three-word Stress is on the
phrasal verbs are first syllable.
inseparable.
FURTHER EXAMPLES
“GET BACK FROM”
“Get back from” can be separable or inseparable depending on the context.
When “get back from” means “to
return from,” it is always inseparable.
When “get back from” means “to retrieve
from” it is separable. The object must go
between “get” and “back.”
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