| TYPE |
EXAMPLE |
TRY TO REMEMBER |
| Phrasal verbs without an object |
The concert went on for hours |
The verb and the participle cannot be separated |
| Phrasal verbs that can be separated by an object |
Put your trainers on. Put on your trainers.
Put them on |
If the object is a noun it can go either-between both parts of the phrasal verb or-after them. If the object is a pronoun it must go between the two parts of the phrasal verb.
NOT Put on them |
| Phrasal verbs that cannot be separated by an object |
I flicked through the paper when I was on the train |
NOT I flicked the paper through |
| Phrasal verbs with two prepositions/adverbs |
I have run out of ink |
NOT I have run out ink of The three words cannot be separated. |
