Lesson 29: Unit 171 - Phrasal Verbs. Transitive / Intransitive Verbs.
The lesson looks at the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs and how it applies to phrasal verbs. Students will master the meaning and use of key phrasal verbs from the text about Prot
About this lesson
In this lesson you will learn the difference between transitive and intransitive phrasal verbs in English. You will understand how one and the same phrasal verb can have different meanings – once as a transitive verb, once as an intransitive one. Through an authentic text about Protozoa you will meet phrasal verbs in a real context and practise using them correctly. You will also master important everyday phrasal verbs such as 'get on with', 'pick up', 'tell off' and 'take after'. The exercises include matching, gap-filling and speaking tasks for thorough practice.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Understand the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs.
- Recognise whether a given phrasal verb is transitive or intransitive in a sentence.
- Learn the meaning of key phrasal verbs from the text about Protozoa: scoop up, make up, carry out, throw off, split up, break off.
- Master additional phrasal verbs: tell off, take after, get on, pick up, get up, break down, drop off, look up to, get over, switch off.
- Use phrasal verbs correctly in sentences and put the object in the right place.
- Understand the role of the particles 'up' and 'off' in the meaning of phrasal verbs.
Lesson vocabulary
- scoop up If you were to scoop up a teaspoon of water from a pond, you would see tiny animals in it.
- make up (of) These animals are made up of a single cell.
- carry out This cell can carry out all the tasks necessary to keep an animal alive.
- throw off It can breathe and burn the food it eats and throw off the waste.
- split up Protozoa reproduce themselves by splitting up into halves.
- break off Little swellings, called 'buds', break off and form separate, new animals.
- turn up We had been waiting for her for an hour when she finally turned up.
- tell smb off The mother told off her sons because their clothes were very dirty and torn.
- take after smb She takes after her Granny – the same eyes and hair!
- get on (with smb) I get on well with him.
- pick smth up To pick up a language by practising it every day.
- get up It is difficult to get up early in winter.
- break down The car broke down on the motorway.
- drop off He dropped off while he was doing his homework.
- get over smth Haven't you got over the flu yet?
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