INTRODUCTION• THE TEXT INTRODUCES THE CONCEPT OF PHRASAL VERBS AND EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SEPARABLEAND NONSEPARABLE

5. upCHART A1-1: PHRASAL VERBS: INTRODUCTION• The text introduces the concept of phrasal verbs and explains the difference between separableand nonseparable. It is beyond the scope of this text to present more than just a few of thehundreds of phrasal verbs in English. Chart A1-4 contains an alphabetical list of the 109 phrasalverbs introduced in the text.• To give students an overview of the many meanings phrasal verbs can express in English, youmight present the example putparticle. All of the following have different meanings, andsome of them (such as put on)have a variety of meanings:put about, put across, put aside, put at,put away, put back, put down, put forth, put in, put off, put on, put out, put through, put to, put together,put under. Students will understand this is an area of English that will take some time to master.The text offers them a starting point. Experience is the best teacher.Dictionaries written for second language students are good sources of information about themeanings of phrasal verbs.• Phrasal verbs are typical of informal usage. They are especially common in speech, but alsofind their way into many kinds of writing. In formal reporting or academic writing, phrasal verbsare used minimally.

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EXERCISE 2, p. 432. Phrasal verbs: separable vs. nonseparable.(Charts A1-1 and A1- 4)ANSWERS: