Phrasal Verbs and Idioms PDF

Introductory unit What are multiword verbs? Multi-word verbs are verbs that combine with one or two particles (a preposition and/or an adverb). I'm looking for m y keys. Have you seen them? (verb + preposition) Look out! There's a car coming! (verb + adverb) A snob is someone who looks down on peo...

Introductory unit What are multiword verbs? Multi-word verbs are verbs that combine with one or two particles (a preposition and/or an adverb). I'm looking for m y keys. Have you seen them? (verb + preposition) Look out! There's a car coming! (verb + adverb) A snob is someone who looks down on people of a lower social class. (verb + adverb + preposition) If the addition of the particle(s) changes the meaning of the verb, it is usually called a phrasal verb because it has the meaning of a phrase. However, there are so many different types of phrasal verbs that it is easier to call all combinations of verb + particle(s) multi-word verbs. Literal or non-literal meaning? Literal meaning Look at the following example, where the verb and particle keep their separate literal meaning. He looked up and saw a plane. Here the meaning of the verb and the particle have not changed. He looked up = He looked + up (in the direction of the sky). Non-literal meaning Sometimes the addition of the particle(s) creates a multi-word verb that has a different meaning. He looked up all the new words in the dictionary. In this sentence, look up = to h d information in a reference book. 1 The first three example sentences on this page all have multi-word verbs with non-literal meanings. Look at them and decide what they mean. to look for someone/something = to look out to look down on someone LOOKING ROUND A FLAT 3 Idiomatic expressions What do the following expressions mean? When would you use them? 1 2 3 4 Home, sweet home. An Englishman's home is his castle. Make yourself at home. It's home from home. How would you express the same ideas in your own language? - 4 Complete the following sentences with a suitable idiomatic expression. a. Come in and have a seat. I want you to feel you can behave as if you were in your house. So while I make a cup of tea. b. They made me feel very welcome. It was like being in my own house. It was .. c. He had enjoyed travelling round the world and seeing ditrerent places, but at last he had returned. He walked towards his house and thought ' ' . d. I can do what I want in my own house. You know what they say. 5 How multi-word verbs work Replace the noun objects with pronoun objects (itlthem) in the following sentences. Shall I f i l l in this form? + Shall I f i l l it in? a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. 6 I T.2d ] I'd l i e to talk over my financial position. Did you throw out those old newspapers? They've decided to put off the wedding. We're going to do up the kitchen. I'd like more time to think over your offer. I didn't take down his telephone number. Did you hand in your homework? Can you help me put up these pictures? Now decide which words are stressed in the sentences with pronoun objects. Practise saying them. What is the stress rule in these examples? 7 Now listen and check your answers.