I Love English: Phrasal verbs
Aprendamos sobre los verbos fraseales que son la combinación de dos o tres palabras que se consideran de categorías gramaticales diferentes. ¡No te pierdas I Love English!
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00:00Frasal verbs are the combination of two or three words that are considered from different
00:15grammatical categories, like a verb plus preposition or adverb.
00:21Get out.
00:22Out is a preposition.
00:25Make up.
00:26Up is a preposition.
00:29Look after.
00:30After is a preposition.
00:33Examples.
00:35Get out of the car.
00:37Get out is to leave, escape.
00:41I think you made up the whole story.
00:44Make up is to invent.
00:47She looked after her grandmother.
00:50Look after is, in other words, to take care of someone or something.
00:57Other examples.
00:59Never give up.
01:00Give up is the act of renouncing, sacrificing.
01:05Get along means to have a harmonious or friendly relationship.
01:12Phrasal verbs are very common in spoken English, but they can be challenging to learn.
01:19It can be difficult to guess the meaning of a phrasal verb because the particle often
01:24changes the original meaning of the verb.
01:29Now let's pay attention to a conversation.
01:33Hey, Arnold, where are you going?
01:38I'm going to catch up with my friends.
01:41I need someone who helps me fill out a form.
01:45Look for another person.
01:46I already ran out of alternatives.
01:50Not my business.
01:51Bye.
01:52Let's review the phrasal verbs from the conversation.
02:00Catch up.
02:01Talk to someone whom one has not seen for some time in order to find out what they have
02:06been doing.
02:08Look for.
02:10Attempt to find someone or something.
02:13Fill out.
02:14Add information to complete an official form or document.
02:19Run out of.
02:20To exhaust a quantity or supply of.