Verbs upper_intermediate hard
Verb + preposition/adverb with a special meaning.
Verbs — Verb forms, modals and non-finite verbs.
1. Examples: give up (quit), look after (take care of), put off (postpone), turn down (refuse), come across (find by chance). 2. Separable: turn the light off / turn off the light. 3. Inseparable: look after the children (not "look the children after"). 4. With pronouns, separable verbs must split: turn it off (not "turn off it"). 5. Meaning is often idiomatic — learn as vocabulary.
The meaning of a phrasal verb is not the sum of its parts: "give up" ≠ give + up. Context decides meaning: "break down" (stop working / lose control).
हिंदी में
Phrasal verb = क्रिया + preposition, जिसका अलग अर्थ होता है — give up (छोड़ देना), look after (देखभाल करना)।
Q1. Choose the correct form: "Don't ___; I believe you."
Answer: give up
💡 Give up = stop trying; here in the sense of abandoning the effort.
Q2. Complete: "She ___ her old car to buy a new one."
Answer: sold off
💡 Sell off = sell something (often cheaply).
Q3. Translate into English: "वह धूम्रपान छोड़ चुका है।"
Answer: He has given up smoking.
💡 Give up + gerund = stop a habit.
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Open Phrasal Verbs lesson → Free practice — Sign up| Topic | Level | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Main & Helping Verbs | elementary | Main verbs carry meaning; helping verbs build tenses and questions. |
| Main Verbs | elementary | The main verb carries the core meaning of the verb phrase. |
| Helping Verbs | elementary | Helpers (be, have, do, will, can…) build tenses, questions and negatives. |
| Modal Verbs | intermediate | Can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would — ability, permission, obligation, possibility. |
| Finite & Non-finite Verbs | upper_intermediate | Finite verbs show tense and agree with the subject; non-finite verbs do not. |
| Finite Verbs | upper_intermediate | Finite verbs show tense and agree with the subject. |
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