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113 07 036/TBI-B '07
STAIN Salatiga
2009
Phrasal verb are combinations of a verb and an adverb or preposition in
which the meaning can not always be understood as the sum of its parts.
One can “run up a hill”. But this is not the same as the phrasal verb run
up as in “run up a bill”.
e.g.: I ran into my teacher at the movies last night.
• run + into = meet
He ran away when he was 15.
• run + away = leave home

Pattern

Verb + Preposition/adverb
 Some particles can be separated (separable) from the verb

so that a noun and pronoun can be inserted, and some

particles can't be separated (inseparable) from the verb.

Separable
e.g. : add up (meaning: to add)
Phrasal Verb Correct: She added up the total on her
calculator.

Correct: She added it up on her calculator.

Inseparable
e.g. : get around (meaning: to evade)
Correct: She always gets around the rules.
Incorrect : She always gets the rules around
(This construction makes no sense in English)
add up something
to put two or more numbers together to get a
total
e.g. : Have you added up the figures?
carry on
to continue doing something
e.g. : Carry on with your homework while I’m
gone.
go on
1. to last for a particular period of time
e.g. : The film seemed to go on forever.
2. to continue doing something
e.g. : We can’t go on living like this.
3. to happen
e.g. : What’s going on?
go out
to leave a place in order to go
somewhere else
e.g. : you going out tonight?
check in
1. to show your ticket at an in airport
e.g. :We have to check in two hours before the
flight leaves.
2. to go to the desk at a hotel in order to say
that you have arrived
e.g. :I will just check in and get my key.
drop someone/something off
to take someone or something to a place,
usually by car
e.g. : Could you drop me off at the station?
get out
to move out of a car
e.g. : I’ll get out at the traffic lights.
grow up
to become older or an adult
e.g. : She grew up in Madrid.
Find the phrasal verb!
2. The prisoners tried to run away.
3. What words do you have to look up in a dictionary?
4. Let’s keep to the main idea.
5. Can you blow up these photos?
6. He got up a petition against the property tax.
7. Don’t you dare hung up on me.
8. We will just hold on until our wish is granted.
9. He passed away last year.
10.We open un at 07.00 am on Sundays.
11.He put out the fire.
Fill the blank!
2. The pilot . . . In a grassy field
a. set down b. set forth c. set in d. set off
2. . . . The electricity before you work on the outlet.
a. Shut downb. Shut down c. Shut in d. Shut up
6. I like to . . . On Sundays.
a. sleep out b. sleep over c. sleep with d. sleep in
4. They . . . A satisfactory arrangement for them both.
a. work in b. work out c. work off d. work up
10.Could I . . . you . . . later?
a. call, back b. call, for c. care, for d. get, in
Fill the blank!
6. You can . . . The dancers
a. bring down b. bring in c. bring on d. bring out
7. Don’t forget to . . . When you are in town.
a. drop behind b. drop by c. drop off d. drop out
8. He should . . . His business.
a. go about b. go along c. go byd. go down
9. He . . . from home and got a job in garage.
a. run away b. running out c. run into d. run down
10. I wanted to see the exhibition but the queue . . . me . . .
a. look, in b. call, back c. put, off d. get, in
 Make a sentence which is containing with Phrasal verb, and write
in the white-board!
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