Phrasal verbs in context Peter Dainty
Publisher: Macmillan

Remember to look for the Verb + ¨Preposition pattern to recognize new phrasal verbs - and keep a list of the ones you have seen in a context. Always remember that meanings of phrasal verbs are contextual and they depend on the context. Without seeing the phrasal verbs in context this is quite a hard activity. Point out that the asterisk means that the phrasal verb can be separated. Two examples are “go” and “sleep.” The sentence “He went,” is a complete sentence, though without any details the context is unknown. For example, I gave up smoking in 1995. Here are some phrasal verbs commonly seen in a business context, both in conversation and in written correspondence, such as e-mails and company memos. Often hen I hear a new phrasal verb, I can work about the meaning from the context. (for example, "He broke up with his girlfriend on her birthday. There was a request in class to post this phrasal verb dialogue on the blog, so here it is: By the way, there's a little grammar mistake in the dialogue. Yes, you could try to learn with a vocabulary book, but vocabulary is more useful and usable when you learn it in context. With my students I've generally found that the best way to PICK UP phrasal verbs is to treat them like any other word: when you COME ACROSS one you don't know, LOOK it UP in the dictionary and use it as much as possible. Take the phrasal verbs you find as you read, or in lists from your textbook and add them to your Anki deck as you find new ones (read my next post about Anki and practising phrasal verbs). That is, the object goes between the verb and the particle. New phrasal verbs appear regularly- as the world is changing very fast, we need new terms and phrasal verbs are one way of doing this. A list of 1000 common English phrasal verbs for ESL learners with sample sentences, exercises and answers. In general, phrasal verbs follow specific grammar constructions: You give up something (verb + ing).