短语动词 Phrasal verbs 2

Phrasal verbs are idiomatic—you can't guess their meaning from the individual words. Here are more common and useful ones.

Go + preposition:

• go on: continue → Go on, I'm listening.
• go off: alarm rings OR food goes bad → My alarm goes off at 6. The milk went off—don't drink it.
• go through: experience OR check carefully → She went through a difficult time. Go through your answers before handing in.

Come + preposition:

• come back: return → Come back soon!
• come on: hurry OR encourage → Come on, we're late! Come on—you can do it!
• come across: find by chance → I came across this old photo yesterday.

Give + preposition:

• give up: stop trying → Don't give up—keep trying!
• give out: distribute OR stop working → The teacher gave out worksheets. My phone gave out in the cold.
• give back: return → Please give back the books tomorrow.

Work + preposition:

• work out: exercise OR calculate → I work out at the gym. Let me work out the math problem.
• work on: be busy with something → He's working on a new project.

Separable vs. inseparable phrasal verbs:

• Separable: You can put the object in the middle OR after → put the clothes away / put away the clothes
  ✅ Put your clothes away. ✅ Put away your clothes.
  ⚠️ If object is a pronoun (it/them), it MUST go in the middle: Put them away, not put away them.

• Inseparable: Object must go after → look after the dog, not look the dog after

Practice: Write sentences using 5 new phrasal verbs from this lesson.