Презентация "Phrasal Verbs in TV series Friends"

Phrasal Verbs in TV series

Our Aim:

to study the frequency of using phrasal verbs by the human society of the 21 st century.

Our Goals:

• to find out what a phrasal verb is;

• to identify the importance of using phrasal verbs in the everyday life of modern community;

• to point out the differences between the main types of phrasal verbs;

• to study the usage of phrasal verbs in popular TV series;

• to create a leaflet of the most widely used phrasal verbs.

The Object:

a popular sitcom F.R.I.E.N.D.S

The Subject:

the usage of phrasal verbs in everyday communication

Chapter 1

What is a Phrasal Verb ?

- a group of words that functions as a verb and is made up of a verb and a preposition, an adverb, or both.

Britannica Dictionary

a phrase that consists of a verb with a preposition or adverb or both, the meaning of which is different from the meaning of its separate parts.

Cambridge Dictionary

a phrase (such as  take off  or  look down on ) that combines a verb with a preposition or adverb or both and that functions as a verb whose meaning is different from the combined meanings of the individual words.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Chapter 2.

Classification of

Phrasal Verbs

C'mon, you can't live off your parents your whole life.

Come on , you made coffee!   You can do anything!

Phrasal Verbs

- intransitive

- transitive

do not require an object in the sentence to make it sound complete

requires an object in the sentence

Live off

- to use someone or something to provide the money or food that you need to live

Come on

- said to encourage someone to do something, especially to hurry or try harder, or to tell you something

It's okay, y'know, you just nodded off again.

He finally asked you out ?

Phrasal Verbs

- inseparable

- separable

Verbs that cannot be separated for using it in different places in the given sentence

The verbs and prepositions can be separated. So, these phrasal verbs can be used as an in-joined form as well as in the separated form.

Nod off

- to begin sleeping, especially not intentionally

Ask out

- to invite someone to come with you to a place such as the cinema or a restaurant, especially as a way of starting a romantic relationship

Chapter 3.

Popularity of the TV Series F.R.I.E.N.D.S

Chapter 4.

Phrasal Verbs in F.R.I.E.N.D.S

Phrasal Verb

come on

Frequency

65 times

go on

Meaning in the Context

20 times

look for

Example from the Sitcom

said to encourage someone to do something, especially to hurry or try harder, or to tell you something

17 times

Ross: Come on, you made coffee!   You can do anything!

shut up

to happen

break up

15 times

Monica: What's going on with you?

to search for someone or something

go out

15 times

Chandler: Joey, if I go first, I wanna be looking for my keys.

to stop talking or making a noise, or to make someone do this

hold on

13 times

If a marriage breaks up or two people in a romantic relationship break up, their marriage or their relationship ends

Monica: Shut up, and put my table back.

10 times

to have a romantic and usually sexual relationship with someone

grow up

Phoebe: Oh, okay, except I broke up with Roger.

Monica: What? So you guys don't mind going out with someone else who's going out with someone else?

used to tell someone to wait for a short time

8 times

calm down

6 times

Ross: Hold on a second, alright? Just think about what you went through the last time you quit.

work out

to gradually become an adult

6 times

to stop feeling upset, angry, or excited, or to stop someone feeling this way

Mrs. Geller: Do you know what it's like to grow up with someone who is critical of every single thing you say?

Joey: Yeah, calm down. You don't see Ross getting all chaotic and twirly every time they come.

If a problem or difficult situation works out, it gradually becomes better or satisfactory, and if you work it out, you make it better or satisfactory

Monica: Oh. I'm sorry it didn't work out.

Transitive

look for, go through, figure out, hit on, live off, ask out, give back, run into, deal with, etc.

Intransitive

come on, go on, shut up, break up, go out, hold on, grow up, calm down, work out, etc.

Separable

back up, burn up, bring down, give back, ask out, get together, etc.

Inseparable

screw up, get along, dress up, get at, come from, check on, blow off, etc.

CONCLUSION

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