PUMPA - SMART LEARNING
எங்கள் ஆசிரியர்களுடன் 1-ஆன்-1 ஆலோசனை நேரத்தைப் பெறுங்கள். டாப்பர் ஆவதற்கு நாங்கள் பயிற்சி அளிப்போம்
Book Free DemoA phrase is a combination of two or more words. A phrase which contains "a verb + a preposition/adverb", and forms a meaning which is different when the words are read separately, is called a phrasal verb.
Example:
1. Break is a verb. It means to separate into pieces.
When prepositions (in, with, down) are added to it, the meaning changes.
Verb + | Preposition = | Phrasal Verb | Meaning |
| Break | in | Break in | Forcibly enter. |
| Break | with | Break with | Quarrel with. |
| Break | down | Break down | Stop functioning. |
2. Turn is a verb. It means to move around a fixed point.
When prepositions (in, up, down) are added to it, the meaning changes.
Verb + | Preposition = | Phrasal Verb | Meaning |
| Turn | in | Turn in | Take someone to police, hand over. |
| Turn | up | Turn up | Arrive unexpectedly. |
| Turn | down | Turn down | Reject or refuse. |
Phrasal verbs used in the lesson "Sir Isaac Newton - An Ingenious Scientist":
Phrasal Verbs | Sentence | Meaning |
| Set up | "In due time, Isaac would set up for himself, and would manufacture curious clocks." | The way in which something, is organized or arranged. |
| Searching out | "He was continually searching out the secrets of philosophy." | To find something by careful examination/observation. |
| Move about | "But then it would not have been able to move about." | To move from place to place. |
| Looked up | "He looked up with reverential curiosity at the stars." | See with respect and admiration. |
| Look out | "I must look out for one". | Be vigilant and take notice. |
| Guided through | "He had searched out all the laws, by which the planets were guided through the sky". | To show the way/direct something/somebody. |
| Come into | "All the other famous inventions that have come into use since his day". | Begin to be practised. |
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