phrasal verbs and irregular verbs
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PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA CALI
ENGLISH IV – Q – 2011/2
KAROL GALLARDO TERREROS
PHRASAL VERBSCombination of a verb and a preposition, a verb and an adverb, or a verb with both an adverb and a preposition, any of which are part of the syntax of the sentence, and so are a complete semantic unit.
GIVE AWAY
To reveal or make known, often accidentally. My boyfriend is giving away our problems by his tweets!
To betray. We are having a surprise party for Susan next Saturday, so don't give our surprise away by acting suspicious.
LAY OFF
suspend someone from a job (during a slow period) The factory was losing money, so they had to lay off 50 workers.
PITCH FORWARD To fell down and hit
the head. When Bob pitched forward at the shopping mall I couldn’t stop laughing.
RUN THROUGH
To rehersal, look before, revise. We need to run through if we want to be the best.
TAKE OVER Change, to make a
substitution. In the minute 25 Eduardo Lara takes Valencia over the game.
WALK OFF
Go around for rest, walk away after lunch. I’m so tired, all I need is to walk away.
BURN UP
When someone becomes very angry. Her diaries burned up when the house set on fire.
Destroyed by fire. It burns me up when people is like a clown.
DO IN
To be very tired. College’s homeworks tonight had done me in.
To kill, to murder. The blind girl had been done in at morning in the school.
EGG ON
Engourage, persuade. His friends egg him on until he finally agreed to the deal.
FILL UP
Make full. I’m going to the gas station to fill it up.
Make completely full. If you want you can fill up your soda everytime.
IRREGULAR VERBSVerbs that they past and past participle forms are not like in present + ed
•To sewPRESENT
•SewedPAST
•SewnPAST PARTICIPLE
•To sowPRESENT
•SowedPAST
•SownPAST PARTICIPLE
•To burstPRESENT
•BurstPAST
•BurstPAST PARTICIPLE
•To shrinkPRESENT
•ShrankPAST
•ShrunkPAST PARTICIPLE
•To withdrawPRESENT
•WithdrewPAST
•WithdrawnPAST PARTICIPLE
•To stivePRESENT
•StrovePAST
•StrivenPAST PARTICIPLE
•To tearPRESENT
•TorePAST
•TornPAST PARTICIPLE
•To weepPRESENT
•WeptPAST
•WeptPAST PARTICIPLE
•To bindPRESENT
•BoundPAST
•BoundPAST PARTICIPLE
•To CreepPRESENT
•CreptPAST
•CreptPAST PARTICIPLE