Phrasal & Prepositional Verbs. Unit 11E. Week 9. Lesson 4

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UNIT 11 E.
PHRASAL&
PREPOSITIONAL VERBS
WEEK 9
LESSON 4

2.

LESSON OBJECTIVES
Getting familiar
with phrasal &
prepositional verbs
Using
prepositional
verbs
Using phrasal &
prepositional verbs

3.

PHRASAL AND PREPOSITIONAL VERBS
Phrasal and prepositional verbs are important because they occur in both academic and non-academic
context. Both types of verb consist of base verb, e.g. look, put, talk, plus a grammatical word which is
sometimes known as a particle e.g. in, to ,up. Phrasal verbs tend to refer to actions; prepositional verbs
can refer to both actions and cognitive activities, e.g. focus on.
Phrasal verbs are fairly informal in style and more common in speech and non-academic writing;
-Most phrasal verbs are transitive(i.e.take an object) and the object can come before or after the
particle;
Prepositional verbs are not considered informal and are more common in academic writing.
-Some prepositional verbs are mostly used in the active voice, e.g. look for, while others tend to be
passive, e.g. be divided into;
-Some have a verb with an equivalent meaning, e.g. talk about=discuss;
- All prepositional verbs are transitive, and the object normally comes after the preposition, e.g. look into
a problem.
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TASK 1
Select the appropriate preposition for the verbs in 1-6 and then match the sentence halves with a-f.
as at
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
for
in
into
on
This book is aimed mainly
at
on
The evidence is based
for
After allowing
into
The population can be divided
Overuse of pesticides is likely to result in
as
These results may be regarded
a variations in soil fertility, the results demonstrated a clear tendency towards
increased growth.
b undergraduate students.
c unreliable on account of the unusual circumstances of the research.
d a case study of a North American family growing up in the Amazon.
e increased resistance to disease.
f two main groups: technophiles and technophobes.
Which sentences are in the passive? 1,2,4,6
Which sentences express cause and 5,6
effect?
Which sentences evaluative?
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TASK 2
Written(researcher on malaria)
Spoken( presenter/lecturer)
Written (writer of argumentative essay) or spoken (presenter/ lecturer giving an argument)
Written(writer of academic article on networking)
Written(writer of report on environmental effects) or spoken (presenter/lecturer reporting
such videos
Written (writer of guidelines for a process)
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Wiping out
1.eradicating
Give out/hand out
2. give out
look at/look into
Keep up
3.examine/look at/look into
4. maintain (keep up is also
appropriate in this context
Came across/run into
Carrying out
5. came across/run into
6. performing
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What new things have your learnt today?
Recall some new words you've learnt in the
lesson
Is there anything you didn't understand in the
activities or the text?
LESSON
REFLECTION
Could you participate in each activity?
Do you have any questions?
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CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE!
Now, go to your assignments in MS Teams. Check your knowledge by taking the quiz
that your instructor assigned.
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THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING!
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