Literal Phrasal Verbs

Literal Phrasal Verbs

Can I borrow your CD?  Request         
I can speak Spanish well!  Ability

These  verbs are very widely used in English they speciffically indicate a certain type of action.  They mainly divide into two categories Literal and Idiomatic. As the term indicates literal means the that they indicate the  precise action that is beign done ie: Put on aT shirt or Take out the rubbish. On the on therhand idomatic phrasal verbs don’t express the action carried out in an obvious manner.

ie:  I put off the appointment 
Note Important!  Some Phrasal verbs can be both idiomatic and literal.

ie: Take off a tshirt = literal
     The plane took off = idiomatic

 

Put on

Take out

Pick up

Stand up

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Affirmative form

Long formsContracted forms
You might be ill.  We think something is possible but not sure.not possible
You had better catch the bus.
He/she must be in Spain. We feel sure or realistic possibility.

Negative form

 
Long formsContracted forms

I should not play football.     

I shouldn’t play football.
You had  better not catch the bus.You‘d better not catch the bus.
He/she/it ought not go out. This form is not usually used in the  negative form!He/she/it oughtn’t go out.
 

Interrogative form

 
Long formsContracted forms
Did you fill in the form       not possible
Had you better catch the bus?     
she/it go out. This form is not usually used in the  interrogative form!