Here are 12 more common phrasal verbs. Read the example sentences and then match each phrasal verb with its Spanish equivalent. Aquí tienes 12 más de los ‘phrasal verbs’ más usados/comunes. Lee
las frases de ejemplo y después relaciona los siguientes phrasal verbs con un verbo en español. Sigue el
ejemplo.
1.
Hold on
a minute, I’ve left my jacket in the restaurant. I’ll just go and get it.
2.
3. I
grew up
in London until I was 18, and then I went to university in Birmingham.
4. I did the shopping, I cleaned the house and I cooked the dinner. The least you can do is
wash
the dishes
up!
5.
Hurry up
or we’ll be late! The film starts at eleven and it’s half past ten already.
6. I
gave
smoking
up
two years ago, and with the money I’ve saved I bought a new camera.
7.
8.
I’m
looking for
a flat to rent near the beach.
9.
What are you
talking about? I don’t understand anything.
10.
Turn
the TV
on. There’s a good film starting in a minute.
11.
That chicken has been in the fridge for a week. I think we should
throw
it
away.
12.
1. hold on
2. carry on
3. grow up
4. wash up
5. hurry up
6. give up
7. break down
8. look for
9. talk about
10. turn on/off, switch on/off
11. throw away
12. look forward to
Observa
la diferencia:
Recuerda que cuando el phrasal verb tiene un
objeto, éste va entre el verbo y la partícula, o después.
I threw away the
chicken. / I threw the chicken away.
El objeto tambien puedo ser un
pronombre.
I threw it away.
('it' = the chicken)
Existen phrasal verbs en los que no se puede insertar el
objeto entre el verbo y su partícula.
I’m looking for a flat. Not
XI’m looking a flat for.X
Read the above sentences 1-12 again and decide which phrasal verbs are separated by an object. Write the sentence number in the box.
Lee otra vez las frases de arriba. ¿Cuales, de la 1 hasta la 12, tienen phrasal verbs que están separados por un
objeto?