🔼PHRASAL VERBS SEPARABLE AND INSEPARABLE🔽

Function:

A phrasal verb is a verb combined with a preposition or adverb (or both) that means something different from each of the words that make up the verb. There are two types of phrasal verbs. Separable phrasal verbs can be broken up by other words, while inseparable phrasal verbs cannot be separated by other words.

Form:

°With separable phrasal verbs, you can put a noun between the verb and the participle. With non-separable phrasal verbs, you can`t. °With separable phrasal verbs, we always separate the verb and the participle when the object is a pronoun (you, it, them, etc.).
Form	Estructure	Example
Separable phrasal verbs	Verb + Participle + Noun Verb + Noun / Pronoun + Participle	I don`t have to write down the information. I don`t have to write the information down.
Non-separable phrasal verbs	Verb + Participle (+ Preposition) + Noun / Pronoun	I didn`t get along with my colleagues.

Grammar:

➧ Separable Phrasal Verbs.

You can insert other words into the middle of a separable phrasal verb. Consider the following example, using the phrasal verb take back:

1.- I need to take back the shirt I lent you.

2.- Where’s that shirt I lent you? I need to take it back .

➧ Inseparable Phrasal Verbs.

Inseparable phrasal verbs can be transitive (i.e., they can take a direct object), but you can’t insert that direct object into the middle of the phrasal verb. In other words, they can’t be separated, thus their name. Consider the following examples:

1.- If you focus your education solely on one area, you’ll have nothing to fall back on if you change your mind.

2.- Each child should have at least one older child to look up to .

Examples:

Phrasal Verb	Separable or Inseparable	Meaning
Ask out	Separable	To ask someone to go out on a date.
Bring about, bring on	Separable	To make something happen
Bring up	Separable	1) To raise children 2) To raise a topic
Call back	Separable	Return someone's telephone call
Call in	Separable	Ask someone into an official place or office
Call off	Separable	Cancel
Call on	Inseparable	1) Ask someone to do something 2) Visit
Call up	Separable	Call someone on the telephone
Catch up	Inseparable	To become equal or reach the same level
Check in, check into	Inseparable	Register at a hotel or travel counter
Check out	Inseparable	Leave a hotel
Check out of	Inseparable	Leave a hotel
Cheer up	Separable	Make someone happy
Clean up	Separable	Tidy, make clean
Come across	Inseparable	To find
Cross out	Separable	Eliminate
Cut out	Separable	Remove something or stop doing something annoying

Exercices:

Decide whether the Phrasal verbs are separable or inseparable. Choose the correct sentences.

1.    Turn on →

 He turned on the light.

 He turned the light on.

2.    Hand in →

 Hand in your homework on time.

 Hand your homework in on time.

3.    Get on →

 They got on the bus.

 They got the bus on.

4.    Look up →

 Look up the words in a dictionary.

 Look the words up in a dictionary.

5.    Grow up →

 He grew up in North Carolina.

 He grew in North Carolina up.

6.    Check in →

 We checked in at our hotel.

 We checked at our hotel in.

7.    Give up →

 They gave up smoking.

 They gave smoking up.

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