in English: phrasal verbs.

But we're going to learn them with movies.

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Okay, first of all, what is a phrasal verb?

A phrasal verb is a type of verb in English

that uses both a main verb plus a particle,

which is a preposition or an adverb.

An example could be get in.

(car horn)

- Get in, loser!

We're going shopping.

- [Fallon] There are so many phrasal verbs in English

and the meaning of a phrasal verb changes

depending on what particle it takes.

- Timmy! - Get down now!

- Get off my plane!

- I'm just trying to get through the holidays.

- Now, as I'm sure you know,

there are lots of different phrasal verbs in English

but not all of them can be used the same way.

So let's break down the categories of phrasal verbs.

First, phrasal verbs can be

transitive or intransitive.

- What did you say?

- Transitive phrasal verbs need an object,

that is, a noun that's receiving

the action of the verb.

Remember, the object usually answers

the question whom or what.

For example, put on the suit.

- Put on the suit, let's go a few rounds.

- What did he put on?

He put on the suit.

So the suit is the object.

Here's a couple of examples

of transitive phrasal verbs.

- If we turn off the power, she turns it back on.

- You want me to write down all your messages?

- And maybe your friend would like

to fill out a suggestion slip.

- In contrast, intransitive phrasal verbs

do not have an object.

For example, I woke up.

There's no object at the end of that sentence.

Here's a couple of other examples

of intransitive phrasal verb.

- Men went to bed with their dream

and they didn't like it when they woke up with reality.

- I just, I'm trying to help you grow up, Andy!

- Well, thanks a lot!

- And then she dropped out of school

'cause no one would talk to her.

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We learned that phrasal verbs divide

into transitive and intransitive verbs,

and transitive phrasal verbs divide

into two other categories,

separable and inseparable.

An example of a separable phrasal verb

could be take off your shoes.

- Donny! - What?

- Take your shoes off! - I ain't taking my shoes off!

- Separable phrasal verbs have two options

with the object of the verb.

First, you can put the object

after the verb, like this.

The other option is that you can separate

the main verb and the particle

and put the object between them.

So instead of the sentence reading,

take off your shoes, it can read,

take your shoes off.

However, if the object is a pronoun,

for example, take it off,

we don't have a choice.

The pronoun must separate

the main verb and the particle.

It can't come after the verb.

Here's a couple of examples of what I mean.

- Give that back!

- [Boy] Nah, I don't think I will.

- Give it back to her!

- Why don't we just pick it up and move down the fairway?

- They said just put it on their tab.

- Last, inseparable phrasal verbs

are just phrasal verbs, in which the main verb

and particle can't be separated.

It doesn't matter if the object

is a noun or a pronoun.

Neither one can separate

the main verb and the particle.

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