PHRASAL VERBS Most common complaints children have from their parents
Turn off that light! Clean up the garden Hang up the towelsTurn down the volume
Get off from the sofa Put on your shoes Put away your booksTake out the rubbish
Throw away the old TV Turn on the light Turn off the computerPut out the cigarette
PHRASAL VERBS SEPARABLE Turn off the computer Turn the computer off INSEPARABLE She looked after the children She looked them after???xx
PRONOUNS SEPARABLE Turn off the computer Turn IT off Turn off it???xxx INSEPARABLE She looked THEM after ??? xxx She looked after them
CONCLUSION SEPARABLE: Nouns go after the preposition or between verb & preposition (Turn on the light / turn the light on) Pronouns ALWAYS go between the verb and preposition (She threw it away)
INSEPARABLE Nouns & Pronouns ALWAYS go after the preposition She ran into my friend She ran into him
HOW DO I KNOW? LOOK IT UP!!! SEPARABLE: v + o + adv /v+ adv +o INSEPARABLE v+ adv +o