Every morning I get up at 8:00
Then I turn on the radio
I always have to look for my glasses
- Phasal verbs = verb + particicle (preposition or adverbs) get up, turn on, look for.
- Some phrasal verbs don't have an object.
- Come in and sit down.
- What time do you get up?
- Some phrasal verbs have an object and are separable.
Turn off the TV.
- With these verbs you can put the parrticle (on, off etc.) before or after the object. Put on your coat or OR your coat on. Turn off the TV OR turn the TV off.
- When the object is a pronoum (me, it, him, etc.), it always goes between the verb and particle.
- Here´s your coat. Put it on. Not turn off it.
I'm looking for them.
I'm looking for my keys.
With these phrasal verbs, the verb (look) and particle (for) are never separated.
I looked through my notes. NOT
I looked through them. NOT
SO, NEITHER + AUXILIARES
A I love soccer.
B So do I.
A I went to college.
B So did I.
A I'm not married.
B Neither am I.
A I don't smoke.
B Neither do I.
- Use So do I /Nither do I do I, etc. to say that you have something in common with somebody.
- Use So + auxiliary + I with + sentences.
- Use neither + auxiliary + I with - sentences.
- The auxiliary you use depends on the tense used in the sentence you are responding to.
I didn't like the movie Neither did I.
I can swim. So can I.
I wasn't very tired. Neither was I.
I' ve been to Europe. So have I.
I wouldn't like to go there. Neither Would I.
PHRASAL VERBS
Get up Turn on ( the TV)
Come back Turn off (the TV)
Go back Put on (clothes)
Hurry up Take off (clothes)
Go away Try on ( clothes)
Go out Give back (something you borrowed)
Come in Take back (something to a store)
Sit down Call back (later)
Stand up Pay back (money you borrowed)
Run away Write down (the words)
Look for ( something you lost)
Look forward to (a vacation)
Look through (the advertisements)
Red= no object. The verb and the particle (on, up, etc.) are never separated.
I get up at 7:30.
Blue= + object. The verb and the particle (on, up,etc.) are never separated.
Look for your keys. NOT
Green=+ object. The verb and the particle (on, up, etc.) can be separated.
Turn the TV on. OR Turn on the TV.