Celebración Dos Años de mi Blog- 13 (The World Week of Phrasal Verbs 1 y 2)

Celebración Dos Años de mi Blog (Semana Mundial del Verbo Frasal)
http://sanchezbenedito.blogspot.com.es/2014/11/the-world-week-of-phrasal-verbs-1.html
http://sanchezbenedito.blogspot.com.es/2014/11/the-world-week-of-phrasal-verbs-2.html

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Verbos frasales con to set

Completa los verbos frasales en las siguientes oraciones y traduce al español:

1.- The advantages must be set ...... the disadvantages.

2.- Well, a cup of tea or coffee will set you ...... only 40p. 

3.- She was wearing a turquoise blouse which set ...... her blue eyes.

4.- Winter seems to have set ...... early this year.

5.- It’s about time you set ...... your differences.

6.- He set ...... his own business when he was only twenty.

7.- When are we going to set ...... our fireworks?

8.-  The pilot managed to set the plane ...... on a wheat field.

9.- After the operation, the doctor recommended a cruise to set her ...... again.

10.- If you get into his garden, he’ll set his dogs ...... you.

KEY

1.- against - Hay que sopesar los pros y los contras.

2.- back - Bueno, una taza de té o café te saldrá por 40 peniques solamente.

3.- off - Llevaba puesta una blusa color turquesa que realzaba sus ojos azules.

4.- in - El invierno parece haber llegado pronto este año.

5.- aside - Ya es hora de que dejéis a un lado vuestras diferencias.

6.- up - Creó/montó/estableció su propio negocio cuando sólo tenía veinte años. 

7.- off - ¿cuándo vamos a lanzar nuestros cohetes?

8.- down - El piloto consiguió aterrizar el avión en un campo de trigo.

9.- up - Tras la operación, el médico recomendó un crucero para levantarle el ánimo.

10.- on/upon - Si entras en su jardín, azuzará los perros contra ti/te echará los perros.

Fuente. Dicionario Pedagógico Bilingüe, versión online (en construcción).

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Selección de mis posts favoritos - 8: The World Week of Phrasal Verbs

The World Day of this, the World Day of that, the World Week of this, the World Week of that, but no world day or week of phrasal verbs. Well, this week is going to be 'The World Week of Phrasal Verbs' for us, OK?

Phrasal Verbs for Monday

Complete each sentence with a phrasal verb with the same or almost the same meaning as the verb given in brackets. As an additional help,  the initial letter of each phrasal verb is provided:

1.- Last year the company decided to b..... ......  into some new lines [expand]
2.- Capital punishment was d.....  .....   ..... in Britain fifty years ago [abolish]
3.- They l.....   ..... extra trains during the rush hour [provide]
4.- Jim f.....    .....   ..... his brother when they were in their twenties, and they didn't see each other for fifteen years [quarrel with]
5.- The TV program was so boring that I d.....   ..... [fall asleep]
6.- That music will never  c......   ..... [become popular]
7- Nick always relies on his wife to s.....   ..... all the arrangements for their holidays [organise]
8.- Our business went through a bad patch last year, but things seem to be  p.....   ..... now [improve]

Phrasal Verbs for Tuesday

Replace the verb in italics with a phrasal verb with the same meaning:

1.- The plane has just landed. You have an hour before it leaves again
2.- They were despised by almost everybody who knew them
3.- I'm not prepared to tolerate insolence from you
4.- I'm a bit squeamish. I always faint at the sight of blood
5.- A well known company is thinking of establishinga new factory in this town
6.- It was clear from the way they were huddled together in a corner that they were plotting something
7.- Raising a family on a teacher's pay is extremely difficult
8.- If you admit the offence, we shall deal with you leniently

Phrasal Verbs for Wednesday

Complete the sentences with an appropiate compound of to give or to take:

1.- As you can see, the rear of the building ......   ..... the river.
2.- The boy is quite gullible and easy to .....   .....
3.- I want you to .....   ...... everything I say
4.- Have you .....   ..... the money you borrowed from him earlier in the month?
5.- The rotten eggs were .....   ..... a most unpleasant odour
6.- This gentleman is going to .....   .....   ..... me while I'm away
7.- There was a tremendous crash as the roof .....   .....
8.- A man standing on the corner was trying to ....   ..... five-pound notes. but most people thought there was a catch in it

KEY

Monday: 1.- branch out; 2.- done away with; 3.- lay on; 4.- fell out with; 5.- dozed off; 6.- catch on; 7.- sort out; 8.- picking up

Tuesday: 1.- touched down, takes off; 2.- looked down on; 3.- put up with; 4.- pass out; 5.- setting up; 6.- were up to; 7.- Bringing up; 8.- own up to

Wednesday: 1.- gives onto; 2.- take in; 3.- take down; 4.- given back; 5.- giving off; 6.- take over from; 7.- gave way; 8.- give away

Here you have your phrasal verbs for Thursday and Friday, to complete the World Phrasal Verbs Week. On Friday, we bring to a close our 1st World Week of Phrasal Verbs. No phrasal verbs por Saturday or Sunday, as I guess you have better things to do on the weekend.

Phrasal Verbs for Thursday

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate particle:

1.- This computer is sold with the printer thrown .......
2.- I wish you would stop showing me ...... in front of my friends 
3.- The stress of her husband's illness is beginning to tell ...... her
4.- Someone will stand ......    ...... the main actor in that dangerous scene
5.- She set ...... her work with great enthusiasm
6.- Don't let your imagination run .......    ...... you
7.- He's really good at putting his message ......
8.- Stop frittering money ...... on clothes you're never going to wear

Phrasal Verbs for Friday

Complete each sentence with a phrasal verb with the same or almost the same meaning as the verb given in brackets. As an aditional help, the initial letter of each phrasal verb is provided:

1.- We'll w.......   ..... our campaign with a meeting in Madrid [end]
2.- It's rumoured that, because of the recesion, 20% of the workers are to be l.....   ..... next month [dismiss]
3.- As he passed the table he accidentally k.....   ...... a glass of beer [upset]
4.- The papers are all full of the scandal, but in a few days it will all have b.....   ...... [be forgotten]
5.- The government has made a serious mistake but, of course, they're doing what they can to  p...... it ...... [minimise]
6.- He was very ill last year but, thank goodness, he p.....   ..... [recover]
7.- They've r....   ..... a large phone bill [accumulate]
8.- Cholera was s.....   ...... in this country long ago [eradicate]

KEY

Thursday: 1.- in; 2.- up; 3.- on: 4.- in for; 5.- about; 6.- away with; 7.- across; 8.- away

Friday: 1.- wind up; 2.- laid off; 3.- knocked over; 4.- blown over; 5.- play down; 6.- pulled through; 7.- run up; 8.- stamped out

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Preparing for the 'oposiciones': polysemous phrasal verbs

It is quite frequent for a phrasal verb to have several meanings according to the context. Thus, for example, in a good dictionary, you will probably find about 12 meanings for to go off, and more than 15 for to pick up. We can call these verbs 'polysemous phrasal verbs'.

EXERCISE

Test yourself on polysemous phrasal verbs. Find the wrong meaning for each of the following:

1.- to pick sb/sth up

a.- to contract an illness; b.- to collect sb/sth; c.- to arrest sb; d.- to detect (a mistake); e.- to buy (sth cheap, a bargain); f.- to learn (a language); g.- to enter the priesthood; h.- to improve (situation).

2.- to go off

a.- to leave; b.- to divorce; c.- to explode; d.- to ring (alarm clock); e.- to turn sour (milk); f.- to stop liking something or somebody; g.- to happen; h.- to fall asleep.

3.- to knock off

a.- to make fun of somebody; b.- to stop work; c.- to reduce (from a price); d.- to improvise (a song, verses, an article); e.- to arrest; f.- to obtain; g.- to murder; h.- to steal something.

4.- to come in

a.- to arrive (train, bus, plane, ship); b.- to finish a race (in a specified position); c.- to become fashionable; d.- to rise (tide); e.- to get into a car; f.- to win an election and begin governing a country; g.- to be received (call, information, money); h.- to become involved (in a plan, deal, enterprise).

5.- to turn out

a.- to confuse or distract someone from the matter in hand; b.- to produce, to manufacture; c.- to admit openly one’s homosexuality; d.- to empty (one’s pockets); e.- to clean thoroughly (one’s room); f.- to be present (at a meeting); g.- to happen in a particular way; h.- to expel someone from a place.

            

       6.- to put down

       a.- to place sth on the table; b.- to make a note of sth; c.- to          kill an animal because it is too old or sick; d.- to suppress (a        rebellion); e.- to humiliate; f.- to kneel; g.- to put a baby to         bed; h.- to pay a specified sum as a deposit.

       KEY

        1-g; 2-b; 3-a; 4-e; 5-c; 6-f

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Preparing for the 'oposiciones': an amusing short story with phrasal verbs

In the following text, Anne is telling a female friend about a dinner she had  with a male friend she liked the previous evening.
Fill in the blanks with phrasal verbs referring to eating and drinking. In some cases, more than one answer is correct. You are given the particles in order to make the exercise easier for you:

As I was telling you, I couldn't believe my ears when Jim invited me to (1)...........out. I couldn't say no; he's such a goodlooking guy, but you can't imagine how much I regret it now.
At first he seemed fairly polite, but then the wine was served and the nightmare began! He sipped his wine, said it was O.K., and (2) 
......... it back. He helped himself to a second, and then a third glass; both (3) ..... down in the wink of an eye! When the first course came, he yelled "let's (4) ..... in!" and (5) ....... in like a vulture! I was so shocked I couldn't say a word, let alone have a spoonful of my soup. In a matter of seconds his plate was as clean as a whistle. "You're not hungry, are you?", he said, snatching my soup and (6) ..... it down.
The second course was served: chicken and mashed potatoes for him, fish and salad for me. "Looks delicious!", he said (7) .... up his sixth glass of wine, and (8) ........up his chicken.
When he had (9) ........ everything up, my stomach felt quite unsettled, so I headed for the ladies' room. When I returned he had (10) ........ away my fish and salad and was already taking a puff of his fat cigar. Finally, the waiter brought the dessert, and believe me, I felt much better after I threw the chocolate cake in his face!

KEY

1.- dine/eat; 2.- knocked; 3.- went; 4.- tuck/dig; 5.- dived; 6.- gulping/guzzling/sloshing/slugging; 7.- drinking; 8.- gobbling; 9.- eaten; 10.- put.

Adapted from Ponte al Día en Inglés, Verbos Frasales, by Antonio Moreno Ortiz, with Anthony Dawson as adviser and myself as coordinator of the series. 

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Preparing for the 'oposiciones': phrasal verbs with 'to take' (exercise)

Os propongo hoy un ejercicio para repasar los verbos frasales http://sanchezbenedito.blogspot.com.es/2013/10/learning-phrasal-verbs-review.html con to take. 

EXERCISE

Rellena los espacios en blanco con la partícula adecuada en cada caso:

1.- Take your jacket .......... and I'll sew the button on for you.
2.- Johnny takes .......... his grandfather.
3.- This camera doesn't work; I'm afraid you've been taken.......
4.- Passengers must fasten their seat belts before the plane takes .....
5.- He had a bright future before him, but he has taken ..... drinking lately.
6.- It's been decided to take ....... more workers because of the World Fair.
7.- I want you to take .........everything I say.
8.- I say, you can't leave those boxes there. They take ..... too much space.
9.- I am pleased to tell you that the management has taken ........my offer.
10.- This gentleman is going to take ........from me while I am away.
11.- That reader takes me ........to my schooldays.
12.- The children have taken .........their new teacher.

KEY

1.-  off; 2.- after; 3.- in; 4.- off; 5.- to; 6.- on; 7.- down; 8.- up; 9.- up; 10.- over; 11.- back; 12.- to.

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Verbos frasales en novelas de Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie usaba con frecuencia verbos frasales en sus obras. Hoy comparto con vosotros varios ejemplos tomados de tres de sus novelas más conocidas: Ten Little Niggers, The Murder at the Vicarage y Crooked House. El ejercicio que os propongo es completar cada verbo frasal con su partícula correspondiente:

Ten Little Niggers

1.- I'll just put things straight in the dining-room and make sure everything's locked up right, and then I'll turn ......
2.- You know, it beats me - why that young fellow wanted to do himself......I've been worrying about it all night.
3.- Vera did not speak. She was fighting .... a rising feeling of panic.
4.- The sea is as high as ever. I shouldn't think any boat could put .....today.
5.- The two names John and Lucy Combes were those of two kids he knocked ..... and killed near Cambridge. Some friends of his gave evidence for him and he was let .......with a fine.

Murder at the Vicarage

6.- The kitchen window gives ......the other side of the house.
7.- I was at least morally responsible. I went and gave myself ......
8.- An old Mrs Archer comes in every morning to 'do .......me' as it is called.
9.- It is so kind of you  to come round so promptly. Always willing to put yourself .........for others.
10.- It must have been a very nasty shock for him to come.......you just then.

Crooked House

11.- The one thing I'm determined not to do is to ask you to marry me now. That wouldn't work ....... anyway. First, you might turn me ....... 
12.- In the end he was behind most of the well-known restaurants in London. Then he went .......the catering business in a big way.
13.- Place is in a mess. I was turning ......Clearing up old papers.
14.- He thought up all sorts of smart ways to get .......all these silly regulations.
15.- I'm going to write ...... everything in a notebook and then, when the police are completely baffled, I shall come ........and say, I can tell you who did it.
16.- Those are - roughly stated - the provisions of the document I drew .......
17.- People who attempt to give false information nearly always slip ........
18.- Just because they have always been rich and - powerful. They looked ........on me.
19.- He lifted the receiver - listened and then said: "put her ......."
20.- How dare grandfather do this to me? How dare he? I was his only grandson. How dare he pass me .......for Sophia?

CLAVE

1.- in - to turn in (acostarse, retirarse a dormir).
2.- in - to do oneself in (suicidarse).
3.- down - to fight something down [contener, reprimir (sentimientos)].
4.- out - to put out (hacerse a la mar una embarcación).
5.- down; off - to knock somebody down (atropellar a alguien con un vehículo); to let somebody off with sth (dejar a alguien ir sin castigo o con un castigo menor del que merece).
6.- on - to give on something [dar (ventana, etc.) a un lugar].
7.- up - to give oneself up (entregarse).
8.- for - to do for somebody (hacer el trabajo de la casa a/servir en casa de alguien).
9.- out - to put oneself out for somebody (tomarse molestias/desvivirse por alguien).
10.- across - to come across somebody (encontrarse/toparse con alguien).
11.- out; down - to work out (funcionar, salir bien); to turn somebody down (dar calabazas a alguien).
12.- into - to go into sth (dedicarse a algo).
13.- out - to turn out (IBr) [vaciar (habitación, cajón, armario, etc), hacer una limpieza a fondo].
14.- round - to get round something [buscar el medio/la manera de burlar (ley, norma, etc)].
15.- down; forward - to write something down (anotar algo); to come forward (presentarse a declarar como testigo, etc.).
16.- up - to draw something up [redactar (documento, contrato, etc.)].
17.- up - to slip up (equivocarse, cometer un error, meter la pata).
18.- down - to look down on somebody (mirar por encima del hombro, despreciar a alguien).
19.- through - to put somebody through (poner en comunicación telefónica, pasar)
20.- over - to pass somebody over for somebody else (postergar, pasar a otra persona por encima de uno).

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verbos frasales (and 10): clave ejercicios

KEY TO PRACTICE

PRACTICE 1

phrasal: to put off, to break down, to fill in, to put up with, to take after, to look forward to

non-phrasal: to abstain from, to complain about, to laugh at, to insist on, to smell of, to dream about/of

PRACTICE 2

1.- Yes, I saw him off

2.- Yes, I will look after it

3.- No, she hasn’t got over it yet

4.- OK, I’ll turn it down

5.- Yes, they’ll look into it.

PRACTICE 3

fully metaphorical: to make sth. up, to break out, to hang on, to come to/round

semi-metaphorical: to play on, to work away, to drink up

literal: to come in, to go up

PRACTICE 4

to go off = irse, explotar (bomba, fuegos artificiales), dispararse (pistola), sonar (despertador), echarse a perder (alimentos), dejar de gustar algo o alguien.

PRACTICE 5

wrong alternatives: a.- fall; b- spend it; c.- to have a drink; d.- fainted; e.- come to an end; f.- denying.

PRACTICE 6

A.- a-2; b-3; c-5; d-1; e-4

B.- a.- to have a photo enlarged; b.- the computer was temporarily disabled/there was no line; c.- they charged you too much; d.- to work less, to rest more, to eat, drink, smoke, etc. less.

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verbos frasales (9): test de confianza en sí mismo

A quiz: let´s see how self-confident you are

a.- Do you easily blow up (lose your temper/get suddenly angry)..................

b.- If someone is rude to you, do you find it necessary to answer back (to reply in a rude way)? ...................

c.- Do you easily give up (lose interest and admit defeat)............................

d.- In a group, do you go along with (agree with) other people’s suggestions, even if you don’t like them, rather than make your own? ...................

e.- At meetings or discussions, you dare not break in (interrupt) even if you feel you have something really important to say? .....................

f.- Is it practically impossible for you to get on well with (to have a friendly relationship with) strangers?..................

g.- If someone you hardly know invites you to call on (to visit) him or her, are you too shy to accept?................

h.- In a shop, etc., do you let others push in (jump the queue) even if it’s your turn?..................

i.- At a party, does it take you long to warm up (to liven up)?....................

j.- If someone is wasting your time, do you find it impossible to invite him or her to push off (to go away)? .....................

SCORE    

always – 1 point

often – 2 points

sometimes – 3 points

seldom – 4 points

never – 5 points

KEY   

41-50                            you are full of self-confidence

31-40                            you are rather self-confident

21-30                            you are reasonably self-confident

11-20                            you are a bit shy

1-10    you are extremely shy and should try to            increase your self-confidence

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verbos frasales (8): chistes

Jokes with phrasal verbs.

a.- to get on well with someone  = llevarse bien con alguien

Two friends meet in the street:

John: Hullo, Peter. I hear you’ve bought your mother-in-law a jaguar.

Peter: Yes, I have.

John: But I thought you didn’t get on well with her.

Peter: And I don’t. The jaguar has already bitten her twice.

b.- to drop off = quedarse dormido (lit. caerse de un sitio)

Patient: Doctor, doctor, I suffer from insomnia, I can’t get any sleep at night, what can I do?.

Doctor: You can't get any sleep, I see. Well, my advice is: sleep on the edge of the bed and you’ll soon drop off.

Patient: But, but, doctor, I don’t want to drop, I just want to sleep.

Doctor: I never said you'd drop, I said you'd soon drop off. Don’t you know your phrasal verbs? To drop off means to fall asleep.
Patient: Oh, I see, thak you so much, doctor.

Estos chistes van dedicados a mis siguientes alumnos de la EOI, que los representaron junto con otros sketches en su Phrasal Verbs Theatre Show: Luis Ramos López, Natalia Lecuona Swinburne, Loli Conde J., Carmen Reyes, Iván García Galagorri, Imma Sánchez Núñez, Concepción Ruíz Fernández, Rubén Muriel Herrera, Mari-Luz Villarejo, Isabel Tovar Luque, Rocío Díaz Ramírez y Elías Juan Díaz López.

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verbos frasales (7): diferentes estilos

Different style

Most phrasal verbs are standard English: e.g. to die out – extinguirse (especies animales, etc), to bring sth about – causar, etc.

Some phrasal verbs are colloquial or familiar: to pop in= to enter, to bump someone off= to kill someone, etc.

Some are slang: to rat on someone= to inform on someone to the police, to blimp out on sth. – atracarse de (comida) (Yesterday we blimped out on pizza)

Some are technical jargon: to clock in/out (at work) (fichar a la entrada y salida del trabajo), to log in (computers=entrar en el sistema), to sign off (TV)= despedir la emisión, to zoom in/out (cinema)=acercarse o alejarse con la cámara, etc.

Some are not polite: to knock up a woman: to make her pregnant

Some are taboo: to get it on= to have sex, to get it up= to get an erection, to jack/jerk off= to masturbate (IAm)(IBr to wank)

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verbos frasales (6): verbos frasales en conversación

Phrasals verbs in conversation.

Some people say that phrasal verbs are only found in writing (books, newspapers, etc.), but it isn’t true, they are often used in conversation:

PRACTICE

A.- Match the letters with the numbers to complete the dialogues:

a.- “Why are you selling your car?”

b.- “Does your son resemble you?”

c.-  “What time do you finish working?”

d.- “Is she very rich?”

e.-  “Do you miss your boyfriend very much?”

1.- “Oh, yes, she came into a lot of money when her grandfather died.”

2.- “Well, it’s too old and it keeps breaking down.”

3.. “No, he takes after his father”.

4.- “Oh, yes, I love him so; I really can’t do without him”,

5.- “Oh, we knock off at five”.

B.- Read the following dialogues carefully and then explain the meaning of each phrasal verb:

a.- “What a pretty photo!” “Yes, I like it so much that I’m going to have it blown up.

b.- “Why have you been so long in cashing the cheque?” “Well, I had to wait for a long time, because the computer had gone down/was down.

c.-  “How much did the bill come to?” “120 euros”. “That’s a lot of money. I think they ripped you off”.

d.- “I’m up to my neck in work and feeling really stressed so I went to the doctor’s.” “And what did he tell you?” “The doctor has told me that I must slow down.”

e.- “Was the teacher angry with you for being late?” “Yes, he told me off.”

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verbos frasales (5): equivalentes no-frasales

Phrasal verbs usually have non-phrasal equivalents

a.- to put sth off – to postpone

b.- to bring sb up – to educate

c.- to call on sb – to visit

d.- to find sth out – to discover

e.- to come into some money – to inherit

But attention, it’s not always possible to find a non-phrasal verb synonym:

to get away with sth – not to be caught or punished when you’ve done sth wrong: He always cheats at exams and gets away with it!

PRACTICE

Cross out the wrong alternatives

a.- If you slip up, do you fall, or make a mistake?

b.- If you put aside some money, do you save it, or spend it?

c.- If you invite someone to pop round any time he wants to, are you inviting him to visit you, or to have a drink?

d.- If you say that someone has passed away, do you mean he has died, or simply fainted? (note: to faint is to pass out)

e.- When something turns up, does it happen, or come to an end?

f.- If you bear someone out, are you corroborating or denying  what he said?

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verbos frasales (4): verbos frasales polisémicos

Some phrasal verbs are polysemous, that is they have more than one meaning: e.g. to go off can have several meanings.

PRACTICE

You’ll find the verb to go off in all the examples below, but with a different meaning each time, can you translate the examples into Spanish?

Our neighbours have gone off to live in Australia

A bomb can go off; also fireworks

A gun can go off

When the alarm clock goes off, I wake up and get up

There’s some milk in the fridge, but I’m afraid it has gone off

You can go off something or somebody you liked before: I’ve gone off cakes; she has gone off George

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verbos frasales (3): diferentes tipos según su significado

3.- From the point of view of their meaning, some phrasal verbs are literal, others are semi-metaphorical and others fully metaphorical:

a.- Literal:

to go/come in/out/up/down, etc – entrar/salir/subir/bajar, etc.

b.- Semi-metaphorical:

to eat up- comérselo todo

to argue away – discutir sin parar

to work away – trabajar sin parar

to read on- seguir leyendo

c.- Fully metaphorical:

to give sth up- dejar (bebida, tabaco, etc.)

to carry sth out – llevar a cabo

to turn sth down – rechazar

to stand someone up – dar plantón

PRACTICE 3

Which of the following combinations would you regard as fully metaphorical, which semi-metaphorical and which literal:

to play on – seguir jugando

to make sth up – inventarse (una  historia, etc.)

to talk away – charlar sin parar

to come in – entrar

to break out – estallar (guerra), declararse (epidemia)

to go up – subir

to hold on – esperar, no colgar (el teléfono)

to drink up – bebérselo todo

to come to – recuperar el conocimiento

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Verbos frasales (2): Tipos de verbos frasales

Different types of phrasal verbs according to whether the particle functions as an adverb or a preposition.

There are three different types:

a.- verb + adverbial particle:

to find sth out – averiguar algo

to take off – despegar (un avión)

to take off (clothes)  - quitarse (ropa)

to put on (clothes)- ponerse (ropa)

to switch sth on – enchufar

to switch sth off - desenchufar

to see sb off – despedir (a alguien que se va de viaje)

to bring sb up – educar a alguien.

b.- verb + prepositional particle:

to look for sth/sb – buscar algo o a alguien

to look after sb – cuidar de alguien

to look into sth – investigar algo

to feel like sth  – apetecer algo

to get over (an illness) – recuperarse (de una enfermedad) to run into sb – toparse con alguien.

c.- verb + adverbial particle + prepositional particle:

to look down on sb  – despreciar a alguien

to get on with sb – llevarse bien con

to get on with sth - progresar.

Place of object

It is important to know whether the particle functions as an adverb or a preposition because when there is an object, this object is placed differently in each case:

· if the particle functions as a preposition, the object must go after the preposition: eg. look after the cat, look after it, etc.

· if the particle functions as an adverb the object if it is a noun can be placed before or after the particle: turn the TV on or turn on the TV, but always before the particle if the object is a pronoun: turn it on.

· if there are two particles, the object usually goes after the prepositional particle: I can’t put up with the noise; I can’t put up with it

But attention, in questions beginning with the object the particle goes at the end: What are you looking for? What did you find out?

Please, note what happens when the prepositional object is not the same as the direct object: They’ve made the novel into a film Han llevado la novela a la pantalla/al cine.

PRACTICE 2

Answer the questions replacing the nouns by pronouns:

1.- Did you see Uncle Richard off at the station? Yes, I saw....

2.- Will you look after the baby? Yes, I will look....

3.- Has she got over her flu? No, she hasn’t......yet

4.- Do you mind turning down the TV? I can’t study. OK, I’ll turn........

5.- Will the police look into the matter? Yes, they’ll look.......

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