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10.5 Phrasal Verbs: Transitive and Intransitive

Phrasal Verbs
we He looked over the contract carefully.
Transitive
Direct Object

Intransitive We grew up quickly.

1. Phrasal verbs usually mean something Phrasal Verb: Look out! (look out = be careful)
different from the two or three words that Regular Verb: Look out the window. Do you see
are used to form them. the bird?

2.Remember: A transitive phrasal verb is Could you turn off the light?
followed by an object. Object

3. An intransitive phrasal verb cannot be He came over.
followed by an object.

4. Three-word phrasal verbs (come up with, Have you come up with an idea for the project?
put up with, look forward to) are always | can’t put up with his behavior. It’s very bad.
transitive. I'm looking forward to the party this weekend.

5. Phrasal verbs are more commen in Informal: put off
spoken English and informal writing. They The party was put off until next week.
are often used in place of one or more Formal: postpone
words that express the same meaning. | have to postpone the meeting until next week.

See page A6 for a list of transitive and intransitive phrasal verbs.

4 Complete the exercises.

A Circle the correct phrasal verb to complete each sentence.

1. Can you make out iGoint ouda website with information about sloths?

2. My friend and I once visited a sloth sanctuary in Costa Rica. We had planned to spend an hour

there, but we looked up / ended up staying all day.

3. The people who look after / look for the sloths in the sanctuary are kind.

4. The sanctuary does important work by preventing sloths from dying out / helping out.

5. Would you like to help out / turn out the sloth rescue group in your free time?

6. Lucy Cooke has come after / come up with many great ways to communicate her message.

7. Irecently found out / got out how to join the Sloth Appreciation Society, which tries to help sloths.

8. I’m going to keep out of / keep up with the society's activities through its website.

B ANALYZE THE GRAMMAR. There are six sentences with transitive phrasal verbs in
exercise A. In your notebook, write the number of each sentence and the transitive
phrasal verb + object.
1. point out a website

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