English Grammar — Phrasal Verbs: Common Verbs and Their Meanings — 2nd Year Secondary (Literary Stream) — Baccalaureate — Algerian Curriculum

Phrasal Verbs: Common Verbs and Their Meanings

Phrasal verbs are combinations of a verb + preposition or adverb that create a new meaning. Common phrasal verbs: look after (take care of), give up (stop trying), turn on/off (start/stop a device), look for (search), look forward to (anticipate), get along with (have good relations), run out of (exhaust supply), take care of (handle), put off (postpone), come across (find by chance).

Exercises

1. Complete: Please __ the light when you leave (turn off). I am __ to meeting you (look forward).
2. Replace the underlined word with a phrasal verb: I cannot tolerate this noise. She discovered the truth accidentally.
3. Write 5 sentences using different phrasal verbs.

For more, see English Vocabulary: Collocations and English Grammar: Prepositions.