Peter Gray Phrasal Verb Fun

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A practical learning guide to phrasal verbs that replaces rote memorization with short, engaging story-based examples for more than 600 verb entries. The approach emphasizes that phrasal verbs are not a rigid logic system but naturally evolved expressions. It introduces a structured way to learn by grouping verbs, explaining key sentence patterns by structure category (intransitive two-word, inseparable separable, and three-word forms) and offering playful practice routines to build fluency.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages188

Reading Time7 h 54 min

How to Use This Book

Phrasal Verb Structure

Two-word verbs (intransitive)

Inseparable two-word verbs

Separable two-word verbs

Three-word verbs

PHRASAL VERB FUN Peter Gray Second Edition, Enlarged and Revised No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission. Please do not participate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author's rights. This book is cheap. If you steal it, what does that make you? Copyright 2014 © Peter Gray For the second edition, I want to thank three people in particular who helped me. Noni Lu, may there be no end to our friendship, José Sierra, who now knows when something is broken or not quite right. and M ªJesus Segura for being such a fantastic friend. This book is dedicated to all my students who taught me most of what I know How to Use This Book Most people think that phrasal verbs, verbs with more than one word, are hard to learn. As students we are given lists and lists of them tomemorise, and we usually find the whole thing boring, complicated, and really hard to remember. I have been teaching for many years and this is the number one complaint of my students. This book is different. There are no lists and there is nothing to memorise. Instead, there are over 600 little stories, one for each verb. The fact is that phrasal verbs are not a logical system, designed by some maniac a few centuries ago. No. There are simply something that grew up naturally. Most natives don't even know the expression phrasal verbs. We never learn them at school. We know the difference between chopping down a tree and then chopping it up. We also know that when a building burns down, it is the same as when it burns up. Neither do we ever confuse put up your cousin with put up with him. When I was thinking about this book, I quickly discovered that the verbs fell into groups, and that the up of drink up had a completely different meaning from the up of give up. So I grouped these verbs together in the particle index. You might like to go there first. I suggest that you start anywhere you like in this book, and then jump about at random for about ten minutes. Don't try to memorise, don't try to learn. Just play with it. You may like to say the various sentences aloud. You may like to pretend to be a star and speak in front of your bathroom mirror to an adoring crowd. Be an actor. Fool around. Have fun with it. Then next day, another ten minutes. If you do this every day, I money-back guarantee that in about ten days you will know more about phrasal verbs than 99% of all non-native teachers who teach English for a living. I also promise you that you will have fun doing it. . Table of Contents Phrasal Verb Structure ask. .. back. .. bang. .. bank. .. be. .. bear. .. beat. .. blow. .. boil. .. bottle. .. break. .. bring. .. brush. .. burn. .. call. .. calm . .. carry. .. catch. .. chat. .. check. .. cheer. .. close. .. come. .. count. .. cross. .. cut. .. deal. .. die. .. do. .. dress. .. drink. .. dry. .. end. .. face. .. fall. .. feel. .. figure. .. fill. .. find. .. fit . .. fix. .. follow. .. get. .. give. .. go. .. grow. .. hand. .. hang. .. have. .. hold. .. join. .. keep. .. knock. .. know. .. lay. .. leave. .. let. .. lie. .. live. .. look. .. make. .. mix. .. move. .. name. .. own. .. pass. .. pick. .. play. .. point. .. pull. .. push. .. put. .. rule. .. run. .. see. .. sell. .. send. .. set. .. settle. .. show. .. shut. .. sign. .. sink. .. sit. .. sort. .. speak. .. split. .. stand. .. start. .. stay. .. step. .. stick. .. take. .. talk. .. tell. .. think. .. throw. .. try. .. turn. .. use. .. watch. .. wear. .. work. .. Particle Index Phrasal Verb Structure Phrasal verbs are verbs with more than one word. There are four categories-from the point of view of structure-and you must be clear which category each verb belongs to. 1 . Two-word verb witho

FAQs

How does the book recommend learning phrasal verbs instead of memorizing lists?

It uses over 600 short stories, one for each verb, rather than providing lists to memorize. The learning routine focuses on playing with the material and practicing regularly.

What are the four phrasal verb structure categories and why must learners know them?

The book classifies phrasal verbs by structure: two-word intransitive verbs, inseparable two-word verbs, separable two-word verbs, and three-word verbs. Learners need this clarity to place objects correctly and understand meaning.

When is the object required to be placed between the two words in a separable phrasal verb?

If the object is short, such as a pronoun (I, me, him, us), it must come between the two words of the verb.

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