Unit 2 Grammar and usagePhrasal verbsWhat is a phrasal verb
If you open up any medicine cupboard in the world, there is a high probability that you will find aspirin
It was over a decade before someone else turned penicillin into the great drug of the 20th century
verb + adverbverb + adverbverb + prepositionverb + prepositionopen upturned into• Fleming tried out this mould on another bacterium
• Fleming tried this mould out on another bacterium
verb + adverb1
verb + adverbNote 1
If the object is a noun, the adverb can go before or after the object
Note 2: If the object is a pronoun, it has to go between the verb and the adverb
•They have agreed to put aside their differences in the interests of winning the election
•They have differences, but they have agreed to put them aside in th