A lo largo de una serie de posts voy a hacer un resumen práctico de los verbos frasales,
basado en mi Gramática Inglesa, 9ª ed. Habrá tamb. ejercicios con su clave, algo de humor y un curioso test para comprobar
el grado de confianza que tenéis sobre vosotros mismos:
1.- What do we understand by ‘phrasal verb’?
A ‘phrasal
verb’ can be defined as the combination of a verb plus one or sometimes two
particles whose meaning is different from the sum of its components: to put
up = to give lodging to somebody, for example, is a phrasal verb but to
belong to (pertenecer a) is just
a verb which patterns with the preposition to, but this preposition does
not alter the meaning of the verb= ‘pertenecer’.
PRACTICE 1
How many of
these combinations would you call a phrasal verb?
to put
off – aplazar
to break
down – averiarse
to
abstain from - abstenerse de
to
complain about –
quejarse de
to fill
in – rellenar
(impresos, etc.)
to
laught at – reirse
de
to put
up with sth/sb –
aguantarse con algo o alguien
to insist
on – insistir en
to take
after – parecerse
a, salir a
to smell
of – oler a
to dream
of/about – soñar
con
to look
forward to – estar
deseando
I look forward to more posts like this.
ResponderEliminarThere will be ten of them about phrasal verbs, with the intention of making them easier for students
ResponderEliminarFantastic article. Some senior students find phrasal verbs hard to learn. I think the reason is that they are not taught phrasals at primary or secondary school. Many 12 year old students don't even know about irregulars! What could we do?
ResponderEliminarHere are a few hints:
Eliminar-Teach your students a limited number of Phrasal Verbs each time.
-Have your students learn the verbs in context.
- Give them a non-phrasal equivalent for each new phrasal verb they learn.
-Have them practise each verb by means of a role-play and, if possible, encourage them to make up their own dialogues. I did it in my classes and it worked. In my blog, you have some examples.
-Also in my blog, you'll find a very interesting transformation exercise. That can help too.
Best regards.
Here are a few hints:
Eliminar-Teach your students a limited number of Phrasal Verbs each time.
-Have your students learn the verbs in context.
- Give them a non-phrasal equivalent for each new phrasal verb they learn.
-Have them practise each verb by means of a role-play and, if possible, encourage them to make up their own dialogues. I did it in my classes and it worked. In my blog, you have some examples.
-Also in my blog, you'll find a very interesting transformation exercise. That can help too.
Best regards.