Unit 9 - Lesson B
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How Things Work
Liz:  Hey Pat, you're Tech-savy.  Can you help me with my ipod?
Pat:  Sure what's the problem?
Liz:  I can't get it to work.
Pat:  Did you try turning it on?
Liz:  Yes of course I did.
Pat:  Maybe it's the battery.  Have you charged it recently?
Liz:  Yeah.  I plugged it in this morning.
Pat:  You know, maybe you need to reset it.
Liz:  Let's try that.  How do you do that?
Pat:  I'll show you.  See now it's working.
Liz:  Great! Thank you!
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  Unlike phrasal verbs that we have gone over such as sign up (ex. to join a class) or settle down (get married, have a family etc) where the verb is linked to the particle, some phrasal verbs can be separated from their particle.  Verbs such as turn and plug can have one or multiple words between it and its particle. (Note* The phrasal verb turned out has to stay together.)

Grammar        separable phrasal verbs; how to, where to, what to
Separable phrasal verbs
with objects
Examples   Question word + to + verb
How  do you:turn off your cell phone
turn your cell phone off
turn  it off		plug in
turn up
turn down
Put on
Can you show me where to plug it in?
Do you know how to turn the heat up?
Let me show you what to do


What are the three patterns for separable phrasal verbs?  Type your answers into the blanks.

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You may have noticed some of these phrasal verbs sometimes sound like one long word.  This is an example of Linking!  What is Linking?

Let's go back to the Introduction!
What is Linking?
Are we ready for a Review?