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 Nouns and adjectives based on phrasal verbs

Nouns made from verb + particle

In English we often create nouns from verbs, e.g. to invite / an invitation. In the same way it is sometimes possible to create a noun from a phrasal verb. Look at these examples.

Tom: I got ripped off when I phoned that 0976  number [informal: was charged too much].

The call cost five dollars a minute!

Lily: Yes, those numbers are a big rip-off.

 Particles in phrasal verbs

This lesson looks at the role of particles in phrasal verbs. A particle is either a preposition (e.g. from, to, with) or an adverb (e.g. out, up, about). You can create phrasal verbs by adding different particles to a basic verb.

What do particles mean?

In some phrasal verbs the particle has a clear basic meaning.

Jack invited me out. - Let's go out together.

Rosie invited me in. - Please come in 

Jill invited me over. - Come to our place.

Here are the most common verbs that form part of phrasal verbs:

break bring call come cut get give go keep knock

look make pass pick pull put run set take turn 

Meanings

 Plurals

What are phrasal verbs?

Phrasal verbs are verbs that consist of a verb and a particle. 

You may not have heard of the formal name for these phrases but I am sure that you have heard some of them in action. 

 Have

When to have is used as a transitive verb, its conjugation is as follows:

I have                  we have

you have              you have

he / she / it has    they have

Because to have is a transitive verb, it can be followed by a direct object.

I have a story to tell you.

She has a problem with her computer.

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 Auxiliaries of Tense

Learning English Verbs

Verbs Followed by Infinitives

Certain verbs conjugated in the present or the past tense can be followed by another verb in its infinitive form. Some verbs that can be followed by an infinitive are to attempt, to hope, to forget, to remember, to try, and to want. Compare the similarity of how some of these verbs are used with direct objects and infinitives.

Direct Object: Jack attempted a leap from one cliff to another.

 The Past Tense

The English past tense is composed of regular verbs and irregular verbs. Forming the past tense of regular verbs is quite simple: drop the particle word to from an infinitive and then add the suffix -ed. Verbs that end in -y change to -i- and then add the ending -ed. All persons have the same past tense form.

I - looked married tried

you -  looked married tried

he / she / it -  looked married tried

we -  looked married tried

they - looked married