Talk a Lot Intermediate Book Eat Up Your Phrasal Verbs – They’re Good for You! General Questions Are there any words or phrases that you don’t know? Find them in a dictionary Take some cards Describe the phrasal verb on a card without saying it Put the phrasal verbs into alphabetical order Put them into groups depending on: a) connecting sounds, b) transitive or intransitive, c) separable or inseparable Put together two or three phrasal verbs from the group into the same sentence Find phrasal verbs which contain silent letters (letters which are not pronounced) Put phrasal verbs that contain the same sounds into groups, using the IPA How many phrasal verbs can you remember when they are all turned over? Phrasal Verb Analysis Choose a phrasal verb that interests you (or at random) and ask any or all of these questions: a) Say a literal (physical) meaning, or an idiomatic meaning b) Translate it into your language c) Is it used with an object (transitive) or without an object (intransitive), or both? d) Where can the object go? Is it separable (middle or end) or inseparable (just end)? e) Is the phrasal verb formal, informal, or neutral? f) Is there an opposite phrasal verb? g) Say an example sentence based on the topic (using a given verb form) h) Say an example sentence on any topic (using a given verb form) i) Make three collocations with nouns j) Make one or more collocations with adverbs What is the usual meaning of the verb (without a particle)? Can it be related to any of the meanings of the phrasal verb? Does it have… a) a noun form, b) an adjective form? Can you replace the phrasal verb (in any of its meanings) with a single word? Can another phrasal verb be made by adding another particle to the end? What are the connecting sounds between the two (or three) words? (cv, vc, vv, or cc) Think of another phrasal verb… a) that has a similar meaning, b) on the same topic, c) that uses the same verb, d) that uses the same particle Think of another phrasal verb that uses the same verb Compare the different meanings 50