Phrasal Verbs

Hye everyone :)

In the previous entry, you're asked to fill the gas in the lyric.

All th answers are as below:

1) getting up

2) holding on

3) break out

4) stay out

5) falls apart

6) wake up

7) get into

Based on the answers given, what can you conclude about phrasal verb?

Here, i would like to share with you details about phrasal verbs together with several other examples for your further understanding.

1. A phrasal verbs is a verb + a preposition/adverb which creates a meaning different from the original verb.

Examples:

• I ran into my teacher at the movies last night. (run + into = meet)
• He ran away when he was 15. (run + away = leave home)

2. Some phrasal verbs are intransitive. An intransitive verb cannot be followed by any object.

Example:

• He suddenly showed up. ('show up' = cannot take an object)

3. Some phrasal verbs are transitive. A transitive verb can be followed by any object.

Example:

• I made up the story. (story is a subject of 'make up')

4. Some transitive verbs are separable. The object is placed between the verb and the preposition.

Examples:

• I talked my mother into letting me borrow her car.
• She looked the phone number up.

5. Some transitive phrasal verbs are inseparable.

Examples:

• I ran into an old friend yesterday.
• They are looking into the problem.

6. Some transitive phrasal verbs can take an object in both places.

Examples:

• I looked the number up in the phone book.
• I looked up the number in the phone book.

7. WARNING! Although many phrasal verbs can take an object in both places, you must put the object between the verb and the preposition if the object is a pronoun.

Example:

• I looked the number up in the phone book.
• I looked up the number in the phone book.
  
  
• I looked it up in the phone book. *correct
• I looked up it in the phone book. *incorrect

p/s: All of the explanations are adapted from http://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/phrasaldictionary.html

Let's Break Out!

Hello people out there :)

We are going to explore about another aspect in English grammar in this entry.

Before I proceed with that, let's let loose a bit and watch this video.

This is a song sang by Miley Cyrus entitled Breakout. Enjoy!

Do you like the song as much as I do?

Can you catch up with the lyrics, no?

Now, I would like you to fill in the gaps in the lyric below:

Every week's the same

Stuck in school, so lame
My parents say that I'm lazy

__________(1) at 8am's crazy
Tired of being told what to do
So unfair, so uncool

The day's too long
And I'm __________(2)
Till I hear the bell ring
'Cause that's the time when we're gonna
Time when we're gonna

_________(3)
Let the party start
We're gonna __________(4)
Gonna break some hearts

We're gonna dance
Till the dance floor __________(5)
Uh oh, all over again
We're gonna __________(6)
Everyone we know
We're gonna have some fun
Gonna lose control
It feels so good
To let go oh oh (go oh oh)

Hanging outs
Just something we like to do
My friends and the mess we _________(7)
These are the lessons that we choose
Not a book full of things we'll never use

The day's too long
And I'm holding on
Till I hear the bell ring
'Cause that's the time when we're gonna
Time when we're gonna

Breakout
Let the party start
We're gonna stay out
Gonna break some hearts
We're gonna dance
Till the dance floor falls apart
Uh oh, all over again
We're gonna wake up
Everyone we know
We're gonna have some fun
Gonna lose control
It feels so good
To let go oh oh (go oh oh)

Wish it would never end
Spending time with my friends
Oh with my friends

(Repeat 2x)

Breakout
Let the party start
We're gonna stay out
Gonna break some hearts
We're gonna dance
Til the dance floor falls apart
Uh oh, all over again
We're gonna wake up
Everyone we know
We're gonna have some fun
Gonna lose control
It feels so good
To let go...

The answers will be discussed in the next entry.

to be continued..... :)

Preposition

Definition: Prepositions are a class of words that indicate relationships between nouns, pronouns and other words in a sentence. Most often come before a noun.

The following tables contain rules for some of the most frequently used prepositions in English:

Prepositions of Time:

English	Usage	Example
on	days of the week	on Monday
in	months / seasons time of day year after a certain period of time(when?)	in August / in winter in the morning in 2006 in an hour
at	for night for weekend a certain point of time(when?)	at night at the weekend at half past nine
since	from a certain point of time (past till now)	since 1980
for	over a certain period of time (past till now)	for 2 years
ago	a certain time in the past	2 years ago
before	earlier than a certain point of time	before 2004
to	telling the time	ten to six (5:50)
past	telling the time	ten past six (6:10)
to / till / until	marking the beginning and end of a period of time	from Monday to/till Friday
till / until	in the sense of how long something is going to last	He is on holiday until Friday.
by	in the sense of at the latest up to a certain time	I will be back by 6 o’clock. By 11 o'clock, I had read five pages.

Prepositions of Place:

English	Usage	Example
in	room, building, street, town, country book, paper etc. car, taxi picture, world	in the kitchen, in London in the book in the car, in a taxi in the picture, in the world
at	meaning next to, by an object for table for events place where you are to do something typical (watch a film, study, work)	at the door, at the station at the table at a concert, at the party at the cinema, at school, at work
on	attached for a place with a river being on a surface for a certain side (left, right) for a floor in a house for public transport for television, radio	the picture on the wall London lies on the Thames. on the table on the left on the first floor on the bus, on a plane on TV, on the radio
by, next to, beside	left or right of somebody or something	Jane is standing by / next to / beside the car.
under	on the ground, lower than (or covered by) something else	the bag is under the table
below	lower than something else but above ground	the fish are below the surface
over	covered by something else meaning more than getting to the other side (alsoacross) overcoming an obstacle	put a jacket over your shirt over 16 years of age walk over the bridge climb over the wall
above	higher than something else, but not directly over it	a path above the lake
across	getting to the other side (alsoover) getting to the other side	walk across the bridge swim across the lake
through	something with limits on top, bottom and the sides	drive through the tunnel
to	movement to person or building movement to a place or country for bed	go to the cinema go to London / Ireland go to bed
into	enter a room / a building	go into the kitchen / the house
towards	movement in the direction of something (but not directly to it)	go 5 steps towards the house
onto	movement to the top of something	jump onto the table
from	in the sense of where from	a flower from the garden

In order to see your level of understanding, let's put that into practice.

Please accomplish the exercise as linked below:

Flash Hangman Games

(note: this game requires you to have Flash plug-in)

Happy reading and answering :)

Irregular Verb Wordsearch

WHAT??

Irregular verbs = those verbs that fall outside the standard patterns of conjugation in the language in which they occur.

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT *\(^_^)/*

1) click at the link below
exercise 1
exercise 2

2) look at the base form and look for the past

Can Vs. Could

I received a question from a former student in my email:

"How could I explain the difference between the verb 'can' and 'could'? Does 'could' involve with one's willingness to do something and does 'can' talk about one's ability?".

I then replied:

"I can understand your confusion. there is more than one meaning for 'can' and 'could".

'Can' generally refers to ability (to be able to do something).

"I can walk in twelve minutes".

"I can speak Japanese".

'Could' however refers to past ability.

"When I was young, I could walk a mile in 8 minutes".

"At one time, I could speak Japanese. But then, I have forgotten how".

Sometimes, both 'can' and 'could' are used to make a polite request.

"Can you help me, please?".

"Could you help me, please?"

*this entry is an adaptation from http://eslblogspot.blogspot.com/2011/01/can-v-could.html*

Introduction

Assalamu'alaikum W.B.T and hello everyone. Here I publish another education-wise blog to the world with the objective of exchanging ideas and knowledge about English grammar. Throughout the blog entries, I would like to share and post some of the information and applications such as online games and exercises regarding English grammar. I hope the blog might help people out there to improve their English grammar. Have a good day, everyone! :)

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