Phrasal verbs

As you all know, phrasal verbs are an integral and very important part of the English language. Yet, they are also one of the most difficult parts for foreign students. Here I will be posting some phrasal verbs starting from the most basic ones and progressing towards some more sophisticated phrasal verbs. 

Take into account that a native speaker uses a lot of phrasal verbs, so it is important that you recognise them. You can start using them later on, but it is essential that at least you know what they mean. 

So, let's start with some basic ones:

To come in means to enter, to welcome someone into a room. You can also say "Come on in", which is even more friendly. The difference can be in whether the door is closed or open. If the door is closed and you open it, you say: "Come in". If the door is already open it is better to say "Come on in".

Get in: used for private cars and taxis. For public transport we usually say "get on", as in "Get on the bus".

Get out: is exaclty the opposite of "get in". For public transport you say: "get off".

Pick up means to lift from the floor or from a lower surface.

Put down retains the meaning of its parts separately. If you put something down you place it somewhere lower.

Put on can mean to clothe yourself or to place somethinjg on a surface, as in "My mum put the flowers on the table".

Take out means to remove something from a place.

Put away can have many different meanings, as happens with many phrasal verbs. It can mean to save for later use, or to put in the correct place for storage.

Run away retains the meaning of its particles separately. I'm sure you can deduce what it means... ;)

Put in retains the nmeaning of its particles in this context, which is to place something inside something.

Come out has different meanings, In this context it means to become covered with something, in this case, with the liquid from the washing machine.

Turn over is to rotate something, to move it around to see its other half.

Let's continue now with another block of phrasal verbs:

Remember that sometimes the particle of the phrasal verb (down, up, off, out) only indicates movement, and does not change the meaning of the main verb. Ex: She fell down the stairs. Here the particle "down", only indicates movement towards a lower part. 

Now we are going to continue with a series of phrasal verbs that share the same main lexical verb. 

We're going to start with the verb "Fall".

As you can observe, if we except "Fall in" (which is usuaally followed by "love" and means "starting to love someone"), the rest of the phrasal verbs in the picture retain the meaning of the main verb but add movement or direction with the particle. So, "fall down", means to drop suddenly or collapse, "fall off", means to fall from a surface onto the floor, and so on and so forth.

The next block of phrasal verbs have "get" as main verb.

There are infinitie combinations to form a phrasal verb with "Get". But take into account that you are not required to use ALL OF THEM. Some of them you will only have to recognised if used by a native speaker. So, let's get down to business. 

Another group of phrasal verbs have as lexical verb "Hand" (which, remember, can also be a noun):

"Run" is another lexical verb that can be combined with lots of particles to form lots of phrasal verbs. Have a look at the picture and try to write a sentence with each one of them.

Another group of phrasal verbs has "sit" as main lexical verb, as the picture below suggests:

Let's get to grips now with some phrsal verbs with "Take".

Now this is great. Did you know that you could also have some phrasal verbs with "wash"?

Let's go on! Here you are more phrasal verbs to use when travelling.

You can also find some phrasal verbs to use "Around the House".

Animals can also be used to form phrasal vebrs. You may want to have a look at the ones below!