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Phrasal verbs

Lesson 52 of 84

B1

Phrasal verb = verb + up / after / off jaisa; matlab badal sakta hai. Roz ke: get up, look after, put off. look at / look for / depend on = topic 47. get used to = topic 48. Idioms = topic 65.

1. Kya hai

Phrasal = verb + chhota word (up, after, off). Matlab aksar alag: look after = care, dekhna nahi. look at = dekhna (topic 47).

Type Object kahan Pronoun
Separable (object beech me aa sake) beech ya end: put off the match / put the match off put it off — not put off it
Inseparable (object sirf end pe) sirf end: look after the children look after them — not look them after
No object chhote word ke baad stop I get up at six. The auto broke down.

Yeh poori English ki list nahi. Roz ke common phrasal. Naye phrasal dictionary se.

2. get up / look after / put off

Phrasal Matlab Yaad rakho
get up bed se uthna I get up at six. Not get up the bed. (leave bed = get out of bed)
look after care — inseparable Amma looks after the children. look at = topic 47.
put off baad me shift (postpone) — separable They put off the exam. / put it off.
call off cancel — separable They called off the match. (rain). put off = later, not cancel.
give up chhodna / quit He gave up cricket. I give up. give it up.
find out pata lagana Find out the train time. find it out.

get up ka up uthna hai, used to nahi (topic 48). look forward to seeing yahan nahi (topic 47).

3. Roz ki list + object kahan

Phrasal Matlab Type
turn on / turn off switch separable: turn the fan on / turn it off
put on / take off kapde pehenna / utarna. Plane bhi takes off clothes = separable
pick up uthana / station se lena / phone separable: pick me up
throw away fenkna (rubbish) separable: throw it away
fill in form complete (British) separable: fill it in. fill out = American, yahan nahi.
grow up / come back / set off bada hona / wapas / journey start (British) aksar no object: He grew up in Pune. We set off at dawn.
break down gaadi kharab no object: The auto broke down.
run out of khatam inseparable + of: We ran out of milk.

go on = continue: Go on. I'm listening. Word pairs = topic 64. Idioms = topic 65. Lamba exam list yahan nahi.

4. Examples

Bold = phrasal verb.

  1. I get up at six.
  2. Amma looks after the children.
  3. She looks after them.
  4. They put off the exam until Monday.
  5. The exam is heavy. Put it off.
  6. They called off the match because of rain.
  7. He gave up cricket last year.
  8. Find out the train time.
  9. Turn on the fan. Turn it off later.
  10. Put on a sweater. Take off your shoes at the door.
  11. Can you pick me up from the station?
  12. Throw away the old rice. Throw it away.
  13. Fill in this form. Fill it in with a black pen.
  14. He grew up in Pune. We set off at dawn.
  15. The auto broke down. We ran out of petrol.

5. Common mistakes

look after the board / look after my keys (matlab: dekhna / dhundhna)
look at the board. look for my keys. (topic 47) look after = care
put off it / look the children after
put it off. look after the children / look after them.
I get up the bed at six.
I get up at six. / I get out of bed.
put off = cancel
put off = postpone. call off = cancel.
Fill up this form. / Fill out this form. (this site)
Fill in this form. Fill it in. (British)
We ran milk out of. / pick up me
We ran out of milk. pick me up.
I look forward to seeing you. (yeh is page ka naya point nahi)
look forward to + -ing = topic 47, yahan nahi.
I get used to get up early. (topic 48 alag)
I get used to getting up early. (topic 48) I get up early. (topic 52)
Hindi note. Chhota word matlab badal sakta hai — andaze se mat jodo. Separable: noun beech ya end; pronoun sirf beech (put it off). Inseparable: object hamesha baad me (look after them). look at / for = topic 47. Form = fill in.

6. Practice

A. 10 MCQ

1. I ______ at six.
2. Amma ______ the children. (care)
3. They ______ the exam until Monday. (postpone)
4. The exam is heavy. Put ______ . (pronoun, separable)
5. They ______ the match because of rain. (cancel)
6. He ______ cricket last year. (quit)
7. ______ the fan. It's hot.
8. The auto ______ near the station.
9. We ______ milk. Buy some.
10. ______ this form in black ink. (British)

B. 5 fill-in

1. I ______ at six. (get up)

2. Amma ______ the children. (care)

3. They ______ the exam until Monday. (postpone)

4. The exam is heavy. Put ______ . (pronoun)

5. Sahi karo: I look after the board. (matlab: dekhna)

C. 3 sentences

Model answers neeche. Ek get up, ek look after, ek put off.

  1. get up: I get up at six.
  2. look after: Amma looks after the children.
  3. put off: They put off the exam until Monday.

7. Answer key

MCQ
  1. a) get up — uthna. get on / look after alag matlab.
  2. a) looks after — care. look at / for = topic 47.
  3. a) put off — postpone. called off = cancel.
  4. b) it off — pronoun beech me. put off it galat.
  5. a) called off — cancel. put off = later.
  6. b) gave up — quit. set off = journey start.
  7. a) Turn on — switch. look after = care.
  8. a) broke down — gaadi kharab. no object.
  9. b) ran out of — khatam. of zaroori.
  10. a) Fill in — British form. fill up = tank, yahan nahi.
Fill-in
  1. get up — no object.
  2. looks after — Amma singular. look after bhi stem OK.
  3. put off — postpone. separable noun end bhi OK in full sentence.
  4. it off — pronoun middle.
  5. I look at the board. — look after = care, yahan dekhna = topic 47.
Model sentences
  1. I get up at six.
  2. Amma looks after the children.
  3. They put off the exam until Monday.

Check: get up / look after / put off; call off = cancel; pronoun = put it off; look at/for = topic 47; fill in (British form); run out of; look forward to = topic 47; get used to = topic 48; idioms = topic 65.