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14.5 Transitive and Intransitive Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal Verbs
Direct Object
Jen and Joe got on the flight to Beijing.
Transitive
They talked over their plans for the trip.
Nancy showed up — ten minutes late.
Intransitive
Her car broke down — on the way.

1. Some phrasal verbs are transitive.* They We called off the party.
are followed by a direct object (DO). DO
2. Some phrasal verbs are intransitive.* ✓ Our car broke down.

They are not followed by a direct object. ✗ Our car broke down it.
✗ They broke down the car.

* See pages A7–A9 for lists of phrasal verbs.

5 READ & WRITE.

A Circle the correct particle to complete each phrasal verb.

R i v e r w a t c h

Keeping Our Rivers Clean!

Dear Neighbor,
We all live in an area that used to have beautiful rivers and ponds. Have you noticed

how the standard of these areas has been going (1) over / down for the last few years?
Some people throw (2) off / away their garbage carelessly, and a lot of it ends (3) out / up
in the river. I went to town hall to talk (4) out / over the problem with the town officials.

They clearly don’t have enough staff to clean (5) up / away these areas on a regular basis.
That’s when I had the idea to set (6) in / up an organization to help. This is a new
idea for our community. We’re called Riverwatch, and we are already making a BIG
difference!

Every weekend, we send (7) away / out teams to pick (8) up / on garbage from one of
the rivers. It’s clear that the problem of dirty rivers and ponds will not go (9) away / down

on its own. If you are concerned about the area you live in and can spend a few hours
with us once a month, come (10) over / by our next meeting.

Sincerely,
Pat Siever

B Seven of the phrasal verbs in exercise A are transitive. In your notebook, write six more
phrasal verbs from the letter and their direct objects.

throw away their garbage

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