Los dichosos phrasal verbs...

Hi!

I had a look to see if I could find something NOT ONLY interesting, BUT ALSO helpful to make you easier the task of learning the phrasal verbs. This is what I found: 

First of all, the book PHRASAL VERBS FUN, that I bought with the aim (intención) of sharing it with you, but unfortunatelly I am unable to find in my kindle:

http://aprendeinglessila.com/2013/01/ebook-phrasal-verbs-fun/,

By the way this blog seems WONDERFUL for those who really want to improve their English. Don't miss it!

Moreover, I have found these blogs on the same topic, with the most essential phrasal verbs:

http://elblogdeidiomas.es/150-phrasalverbs-traduccion-ejemplo/

In this web site you can do exercises in order to master them:

http://www.curso-ingles.com/en/learn/courses/advanced-level/phrasal-verbs/phrasal-and-prepositional-verbs

And also to use the songs as a tool to master different topics (I strongly recommend it). Have a look:

http://www.curso-ingles.com/en/practice/songs/rod-stewart/i-don-t-want-to-talk-about-it

Here you have a slideshare presentation with some common phrasal verbs. The thing is to attach the phrasal verb to an image, in order to create a deeper memory:

http://www.slideshare.net/JanetBianchini/fun-with-phrasal-verbs-3542514

 Finally, I have prepared a "beautiful" document on the topic, because the explanation on the book is not really very good. Hope it will be also helpful:

TWO-PART VERBS (1): PHRASAL VERBS

1. Phrasal verbs 1: verb + adverb particle (get back, walk out)

Many English verbs can be followed by small adverbs (“adverb particles"). These two-part verbs are often called 'phrasal verbs'.

Get back! She walked out. I switched the light off.

Common adverb particles: about, across, ahead, along, (a)round, aside, away, back, by, down, forward, in, home, off, on, out, over, past, through, up. Some of these words can also be used as prepositions. Compare:

I switched the light off (adverb particle)

I jumped off the wall. (preposition)

2. Idiomatic meanings: break out; turn up

The meaning of a two-word verb is often very different from the meanings of the two parts taken separately.

War broke out in 1939. (Broke out is not the same as broke + out.)

Joe turned up last night. (= appeared — not the same as turned + up.)

I looked the word up in the dictionary. (Look up is not the same as look + up.)

We had to put off the meeting till Tuesday. (Put off is not the same as put off)

3. Phrasal verbs with and without objects

Some phrasal verbs are intransitive (they do not have objects).

I got up at 7.00 today.                                  That colour really stands out.

Others are transitive:

Could you switch the light off?                 I helped Ann to fill in the form.

4. Word order with objects

Adverb particles can go either before or after noun objects (unlike most adverbs).

She switched off the light. OR She switched the light off.

But they can only go after pronoun objects.

She switched it off (NOT Is that the light which you switched off? (NOT . . . the light off which you switched?)

Give me back my watch. OR Give me my watch back. (NOT Give back me my watch.)

5. Verbs with prepositions and particles together

A few verbs can be used with both an adverb particle and a preposition (making them three-part verbs).

I get on with her quite well.

Stop talking and get on with your work.

It's hard to put up with people who won't stop talking.

If you're on the road on Saturday night, look out for drunk drivers.

I'll think about it and get back to you.

She went up to the policeman and explained her problem.

I’m looking forward to the party.

TWO-PART VERBS (2): PREPOSITIONAL VERBS

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/gerund_prepositions.htm

https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/prepositions-plus-ing

1.  Verb + preposition: listen to; look at

Many English verbs are regularly followed by prepositions before objects.

                You never listen to me. ( NOT You never listen me)

                Allan walked down the road without looking at anybody.

Prepositions are not used when there is no object.

                Listen!   (NOT Listen to!)

2. Idiomatic meanings: look after , get over

The meaning of a two-word verb can be very different from the meanings of the two parts taken separately.

                Could you look after the kids while I am out? (Look after is not the same as look + after.)

                It took him six months to get over his illness. (Get ove is not the same as get + over)

3. Word order: What are you thinking about?

When an object comes at the beginning of a clause (e.g. in a question or relative clause), a two-word erb usualy stays together, so that a preposition can be separated from its object and at the end of the clause.

What are you thinking about? NOT About what are you thinking?

                I’ve found the book which I was looking for (more natural in an informal style than . . . the bok for which I was looking. 

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ADDENDA (o sea, más cosas...):

Otro "Phrasal Verbs Fun", aunque no sé si estaréis de acuerdo respecto a lo del "fun"...

http://www.englishandfun.com/grammar/pdf/Phrasalverbs.pdf


 Perhaps this is also a good book, I'd ought to have aa look AT it:

https://may2012speakinglistening.wikispaces.com/file/view/Martin+Shovel+-+Making+Sense+of+Phrasal+Verbs+(OCR,+indexed).pdf