☺SEPARABLE AND INSEPARABLE PHRASAL VERBS☺



☺SEPARABLE AND INSEPARABLE PHRASAL VERBS☺



There are phrasal verbs that can be separated, some that cannot and others that can be either.
    You have to write down everything the teacher says.
    You have to write everything the teacher says down.

A phrasal verb  is separable when it is transitive (it needs a direct object).Look at the example:

    ❤“Please, switch off the light”.  / “Please, switch the light off”.
    ❤“To switch off” is a transitive phrasal verb and therefore it is separable. The direct object is  the noun ❤“the  light” and         that is why both examples are correct. 
However, if we use the pronoun “it”, we MUST separate the phrasal verb and say:
    ❤"Please, switch it off."

On the contrary, an intransitive phrasal verb is not separable. For example, if a boy complains, the mum can say:
    ❤"When you grow up, you can watch all the TV you want."
    “To grow up” is an intransitive phrasal verb and therefore CANNOT be separated.

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