This week students began using their DEAR Interactive Notebooks to learn and practice grammar concepts. We started with some review, like the ways that verbs function:
Then, we began discussion infinitive verbs and their formula: TO + VERB = Infinitive
Once students understand infinitive verbs, then we can discuss phrasal verbs. These are verbs that are part of a two (or more) word phrase, which often changes the meaning of the verb altogether.
Here are the formulas for a phrasal verb:
VERB + Adverb = Phrasal Verb
or
VERB + Preposition = Phrasal Verb
For example, if you use the verb 'to take' that means to acquire something; if you add the word 'off,' then your phrasal verb becomes 'to take off' which means to depart.
Here are some examples, though there are many, many phrasal verbs in the English language:
