How do Phrasal Verbs work?
How do phrasal verbs work? They appear so complicated and most people, at some point, find them really daunting with these endless lists of verbs and prepositions, with different meanings for different situations. And these meanings and uses can even be different in different regions of the English speaking world. Let´s not remember everything we know about phrasal verbs for a moment. Let´s think like children, learning as we take steps forwards, falling over, getting up again. Watching, trying, repeating before we even fully understand, and simply enjoying the process. It´s as easy as A, B, C. A, prepositions come first, they indicate a position, a location, perhaps movement, a direction. Up. B, prepositional verbs are actions combined with that location, that direction. Look up, stand up. C, phrasal verbs, next, require some imagination. Think about using those same simple words from before describing a situation the child doesn´t have more sophisticated language to descri...