1. Phrasal Verb adalah verb yang ditambahkan dengan preposisi sehingga mempunyai makna yang berbeda dari arti sebelumnya.
I ran into my teacher at the movies last night. run + into = bertemu
He ran away when he was 15. run + away = meninggalkan rumah
He suddenly showed up. "show up" tidak dapat ditambahkan objek
I made up the story. "story" adalah objek dari "make up"
I talked my mother into letting me borrow the car.
She looked the phone number up.
I ran into an old friend yesterday.
They are looking into the problem.
I looked the number up in the phone book.
I looked up the number in the phone book.
Contoh :
I looked the number up in the phone book.
I looked up the number in the phone book.
I looked it up in the phone book. benar
I looked up it in the phone book. salah