English Grammar
Basic Grammar -> Phrasal Verb
| There are five main types of phrasal verb. These are: | |
| 1 | Intransitive phrasal verbs : |
| Intransitive phrasal verbs (= phrasal verbs which do not need an object). | |
| For example: | |
| (i) You're driving too fast. | |
| (ii) You ought to slow down. | |
| 2 | Transitive phrasal verbs : |
| Transitive phrasal verbs (= phrasal verbs which must have an object) where the object can come in one of two positions: 1. Between the verb and the particle(s). | |
| For example: | |
| (i) I think I'll put my jacket on. | |
| After the particle. | |
| For example: | |
| (i) I think I'll put on my jacket | |
| 3 | Some transitive phrasal verbs are reparable. The object is placed between the verb and the preposition : |
| For example: | |
| (i) she looked the phone number up. | |
| 4 | Transitive phrasal verbs with fixed object after the verb : |
| For example: | |
| (i) Rita ran into Sheela the other day at her local residence, she had not seen her since leaving school. | |
| 5 | Transitive with two objects, reparable : |
| For example: | |
| (i) Rita's parents were really pleased and put her result down to plenty of revising. |
