Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal Verbs are Verbs that look very similar to Regular Verbs but with an added particle it changes the meaning of the verb.
These are very difficult to identify and really involve memorising and keeping notes on any that you encounter. I have made a chart with an example of how to keep track of phrasal verbs.
Why do we use them?
In English Phrasal verbs are very common.
Often there are equivalents to phrasal verbs with French or Latin origins, but those are used on a higher register, so in formal, educational, medical or legal situations, and not everyday neutral speech.
Some examples of this difference using non phrasal verbs:
To dig vs to excavate
To bury vs to entomb
To buy vs to purchase
To climb vs to ascend
Some examples with Phrasal verbs
To put up vs to adorn/ to decorate
To set up vs to erect
etc.
The charts here are a way of comparing the definition of the non Phrasal verbs, and the phrasal verb version. I have made a short example using to take and to see, and here is a blank one you can use and print, or use as a guide.
Phrasal verb lists:
http://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/verbs/list-of-phrasal-verbs/
https://www.usingenglish.com/reference/phrasal-verbs/list.html
https://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/english-phrasal-verbs/
https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/phrasal-verbs-list.htm
Phrasal verb types
Phrasal verbs are verbs with one or two particles added, which can be prepositions, adverbs or both. Some of them need to contain an object, and some of them don't, they can be made from up to 3 words.
