All Phrasal Verbs

Question 1

Come in (verb)

Answer 1

To enter.

Most Common Functions:

1. Present Tense, to ask someone to enter.

Come in to class please Arzu.

2. Modal Permissions: To ask for permission or to enter.

May I come in to class teacher?

Can I come in? (Not correct for can, but people say it anyway)

3. Modal Suggestion/Advice: To ask for advice about entering.

Should I come in now, or come back later?

4. Past tense: To state that you entered somewhere.

Nouf came in to class earlier yesterday than other days.

Question 2

Go Ahead (verb)

Answer 2

To do something after someone gives permission

To give permission to do something

How to Use:

Go ahead + and + bare infinitive
Go ahead and take the exam.

May + subject + go ahead + and + bare Infinitive
May I go ahead and invite my friend to the party?

Question 3

Write down (verb)

Answer 3

To write something on paper or another physical surface.

How To Use:

Write something down.
Write your name down on the paper.

Write down something
Please write down 5 things you would like to do.

Question 4

Get away (verb)

Answer 4

To leave from somewhere

To separate from someone

Function:

1. To tell someone to move far from another person.
2. To say your plans to leave a place
3. To say your plans to leave a person

How to Use:

1. Get away + from + personal pronoun or name

Hey, you criminal! Get away from her

2. Get away + from + a place

This Christmas I really need to get away from Washington DC. It’s too crowded at that time.

3. Get away + from + a person

*My old roommate smelled so bad. I had to change my apartment to get away from him.

Question 5

Break down (verb)

Answer 5

1. To stop working
2. To lose control of your sadness

How To Use:

1. Machine + break down + complement

My car broke down on the highway, and now I can’t go home.

2. Personal pronoun/name + broke down

Sara broke down and couldn’t stop crying when her mother died.

Question 6

Get off

Answer 6

To exit a vehicle that you stand to enter (bus, train, plane)

How to Use:

Get off + transportation

I get off the metro at Spring Hill every morning.

Question 7

Get on (verb)

Answer 7

To enter a vehicle that you stand to enter.

How to Use:

Get on + transportation
*I get on the metro at Wheaton every morning *