¨Phrasal verbs composition"

azamouri · Post by **azamouri** » Sun May 10, 2009 2:16 pm

Hello everybody, I'm a teacher in an EFL Centre. I've recently got a question about phrasal verbs from one of my students. The question says: how can we get the meaning of phrasal verbs without memorising them?

woodcutter · Post by **woodcutter** » Wed May 13, 2009 1:53 am

You can look them up, or guess them, as you find them in context, then you won't need to memorize them in a more abstract way. However mixing up your methods is healthy, in my opinion.

If the question is really "How can I learn a language by making no effort?" then the answer is "In your dreams sunshine! Gaaah!".

fluffyhamster · Post by **fluffyhamster** » Wed May 13, 2009 2:11 am

The Macmillan Phrasal Verbs Plus dictionary is good: it gives frequency information for each PV (this is not indicated in full-size learner dictionaries, which tend to lump PVs together into one section following the entries pertaining to the verb by itself), an index of more formal (but therefore less frequent) single-word equivalents, and lots more besides!
http://www.macmillandictionaries.com/ab ... lverbs.htm