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Episode 23 Multi-word verbs 1

Episode 23 Multi-word verbs 1

Hello folks,

This week I’m responding to a listener request for some content on multi-word verbs. Here’s a link to what Michael McCarthy author of English Phrasal Verbs in Use has to say about teaching phrasal verbs.

Here’s a reading list if you want to delve a little deeper into multi-word verbs:

“Chapter 5: Verbs.” Longman Student Grammar of Written and Spoken English, by Douglas Biber et al., Longman, 2005, pp. 123–135.

“Chapter 2 The Verb and Its Complements.” Advanced English Grammar: a Linguistic Approach, by Ilse Depraetere and Chad Langford, 2nd ed., Bloomsbury Academic, 2020, pp. 62–68.

“Chapter 5: Verbs.” Longman Student Grammar of Written and Spoken English, by Douglas Biber et al., Longman, 2005, pp. 123–135.

“Section 1 Verbs 12 Two-Part Verbs: Phrasal Verbs.” Practical English Usage, by Michael Swan, 4th ed., Oxford University Press, 2018.

“Section 1 Verbs 13 Two-Part Verbs: Prepositional Verbs.” Practical English Usage, by Michael Swan, 4th ed., Oxford University Press, 2018.

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