Look at the following sentences: GRAMMAR FOCUS Look at the following sentences: Lucy decided to postpone her wedding. l If Andy moves to Australia, he will have to return home frequently. Can you think of another verb for 'postpone' ? And for 'return' ?

Postpone = 'put off' Return = 'come back' / 'go back' What are the verbs in blue called?

They are a particular combination of : PHRASAL VERBS What are phrasal verbs? They are a particular combination of : a verb + adverb give up, come back a verb + prep. look for a verb + adverb + prep. get on with sb

Some Phrasal verbs have a literal a) Literal and Idiomatic Phrasal Verbs Some Phrasal verbs have a literal meaning I want to go back home Please take off your coat She gave all her money away

b) Literal and Idiomatic phrasal verbs Some phrasal verbs are idiomatic and unfortunately for my students ......... must be learn by heart! :-) Lucy wants to put the wedding off I gave up smoking Do you get on with your sister?

Many phrasal verbs , very frequent in the spoken language, have their equivalent in only one-word term often deriving from Latin or Greek, and are used in the formal language Informal Formal To carry on To put out To put off To continue To exstinguish To postpone

If the object is a pronoun (it/them/me/etc.) Sometimes a phrasal verb has got an object. Usually there are two possible positions for the object. So you can say: I turned off the light. or turned the light off. If the object is a pronoun (it/them/me/etc.) only one position is possible: I turned it off.