What are Separable Phrasal Verbs?

This video is part of the 40 Phrasal Verb challenge from August 2022. You can find all videos of the challenge in this playlist.

In this video we are going to revise the difference between transitive vs. intransitive phrasal verbs, and then we are going to focus on separable vs. inseparable phrasal verbs.

Word order and where to place the direct object are important when we use phrasal verbs. Sounds all a bit complicated? Don’t worry, I hope to make it easy. There are many examples to show you the difference and to help you understand the word order when using separable phrasal verbs when you speak.


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