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Phrasal verbs (separable): turn on/off, pick up, put on, take off, give back, throw away, fill in, find out, look up, try on
Phrasal verbs (separable): turn on/off, pick up, put on, take off, give back, throw away, fill in, find out, look up, try on
Structure:
verb + particle + object / verb + object (pronoun) + particle
Separable phrasal verbs: the object can go between the verb and particle, or after the particle. BUT pronouns MUST go in the middle: 'turn it off' (NOT 'turn off it').
Example:
Turn off the light. / Turn it off. She picked up her bag. / She picked it up.
Examples
Turn off the light.
/ Turn it off.
She picked up her bag.
/ She picked it up.
Practice
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