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5.- MOVING INWARDS

EXAMPLE

Example:- She felt as if the walls were closing in on her

– Main verb meaning: to move something (a door for example) so that an opening is covered or obstructed

– Phrasal verb meaning: If something close in on someone, it moves closer to them, especially in order to surround them  and stop them them from escaping

EXAMPLE

Example:  Farmers were gathering in their crops

– Main verb meaning: to accumulate something gradually

– Phrasal veerb meaning: to collect crops from the fields when they are ready

EXAMPLE

Example:  Hand in your homework before you leave

– Main verb meaning: if you hand something to someone you give it

– Phrasal verb meaning: to give something to a person in authority

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4.- KEEPING INSIDE , PREVENTING FROM LEAVING

 EXAMPLE

Example: Someone parked behind me and blocked me in

– Main verb meaning: to stop or obstruct the passage or a  movement through

– Phrasal verbs verb: to have the car in such a way, that someone’s else car does not have enough room to move

EXAMPLE

Example: They locked all the prisoners in at night

– Main verb meaning: to fasten the lock of something

– Phrasal verb meaning: to put someone in a room and lock the door so they can leave

EXAMPLE

Example:- You knew he couldn’t hold in his anger much longer

– Main verb meaning: to have and keep in one´s grasp

– Phrasal verb meaning: not to allow your feeling to show

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3.- INSIDE, NOT OUTSIDE

EXEMPLE: 

Exemple: it was raining so the kids had to stay in for breakfast

– Main verb meaning:  to remain

– Phrasal verb meaning: to stay at home,  to stay indoors instead of going out

EXAMPLE:

Exemple:  We usually just eat in

– Main verb meaning: to take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absortion

– Phrasal verb meaning: to have a meal at home instead of in a restaurant

EXEMPLE

The nanny lives in

– Main verb meaning: to reside, dwell

– Phrasal verb meaning: to live at the place where you work or study

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2.- PUTTING SOMETHING INTO A SPACE

EXAMPLE:

Example : Wendy has been putting more hours in the office recently

– Main verb meaning: to place in a specified location

– Phrasal verb meaning: to spend a particular amount of time doing something

EXAMPLE:Example:  You can plug in the TV out there

– Main verb meaning: to fill a hole with or as if with a plug

– Phrasal verb meaning: to connect a piece of equipment to an electricity supply

EXAMPLE

Example:  Fill in the blanks with the correct answers

– Main verb meaning: to put into a container as much as can be held

– Phrasal verb meaning: add information such as your name or address in the empty spaces on a document

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THE PARTICLE “IN” HAS FIVE MAIN MEANINGS:

1.- ENTERING A PLACE OR A SPACE

– Main verb meaning: to advance toward the speaker or a specified place

– Phrasal verb meaning: to enter a room,  building or other place

– Main verb meaning: to arrive at, reach

– Phrasal verb meaning: to go/come into a place

– Main verb meaning: to give permission or opportunity; allow

– Phrasal verb meaning: to allow someone to enter a house, a room

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2.-PLACING SOMETHING ON A SURFACE

Main verb meaning: When you put something in a particular place or position  you move it into that place or position

Phrasal verb meaning:-  to put something we are holding onto a surface, especially the floor

Main verb meaning::  when you write something,  you use a pen to produce words or numbers onto a surface

Phrasal verb meaning:- to write something on a piece of paper

Main verb meaning:- if you keep something in a particular state, place or position, you remain in that state, place or position

Phrasal verb meaning- :to control something and prevent it from increasing in size or number.

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1.– MOVING IN A DOWNWARD DIRECTION

Main verb meaning:  If something falls, it moves downwards onto or towards the ground

Phrasal verb meaning;  (always progressive) If a building is falling down, it is in a very bad condition.

Main verb meaning:: when a particular time or event happens

Phrasal verb meaning: to move down to the ground or to a

lower level

Main verb meaning:  when an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces.

Phrasal verb meaning: If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.

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5.-MOVING CLOSER TO SOMEONE OR SOMETHING

Main verb meaning: If you sign a document, you put your signature on it

Phrasal verb meaning: To join  a course or organization

Main verb meaning:  If you step on something, you put your foot on it

Phrasal verb meaning:  To increase something

 Main verb meaning: to cause sb or sth to remain in a particular position

Phrasal verb: To progress/learn as fast as somebody or something

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4-BEGINNING TO HAPPEN, EXIST OR APPEAR

  Main verb meaning :To cause to exist, or happen Phrasal  verb meaning: Invent Main verb meaning:  To begin an activity or a movement Phrasal verb meaning: To switch on a machine or engine especially a motor vehicle     Main verb meaning: Talk, to express oneself Phrasal verb meaning: To speak louder       Copyright: Eduard Alonso Torm. Tots els drets reservats  

Main verb meaning:  to stop the movement or progress of 

Phrasal verb meaning: to cause a delay

Main verb meaning: to fasten or secure with a cord, rope or strap.

Phrasal verb meaning: to fasten several things together so that it keeps together.

Main verb meaning :to fix something with a nail

Phrasal verb meaning: to fix something to a wall with a nail 

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2.- COMPLETION

Main verb meaning: :  to come to a finish

Phrasal verb meaning:   to arrive , esp. by lengthy route or process.

Main verb meaning: To take a liquid into the mouth and swallow it

Phrasal verb meaning: to drink all your drink

Main verb meaning:  to separate into parts

Phrasal verb meaning: to separate something into smaller parts and share them between people

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THE PARTICLE “UP” HAS FIVE MAIN MEANINGS

1.- UPWARDS

Main verb meaning: to engage in flight

Phrasal verb meaning:  to fly upwards

Main verb meaning: to select

Phrasal verb meaning:  to lift something/someone

Main verb meaning:  to release air or gas

Phrasal verb meaning: to explode

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Bon dia.

En aquest post, Mr. Phrasal Verb us presenta ELS QUATRE PASSOS de The Arrow Way Approach

1. Dibuixar, imaginar, visualitzar la imatge de la “PARTICLE” tal com mostrem a continuació:

2. Consultar el significat del verb principal

3. Consultar el significat del Phrasal Verb

4. Consultar el significat de la “PARTICLE”.

EXEMPLE:

TO FLY UP

1.  

Sparks flew up when the burning building collapsed.

2. Main verb meaning: to engage in flight.

3. Phrasal verb meaning: to fly upwards.

4. Particle meaning: literal. Move to a higher place or position.

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Mr. Phrasal Verb

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