Los phrasal verbs de hoy son aquellos que pueden formarse con el verbo “to put” (poner, colocar). En teoría, no creo que se tengan problemas a lahora de aprendérselos e identificarlos, tal vez puede tener algo de dificultad el phrasal verb “Put On” al tener varios significados y en el que todos ellos suelen usarse a menudo. ¡Ánimo! Que falta poco para terminar con la primera ronda de phrasal verbs ;D
Put away
Significado 1: Guardar o poner algo en su sitio. Es un phrasal verb separable.
Significado 2: Encarcelar a alguien durante un tiempo determinado. Es un phrasal verb separable.
Ejemplos:
- Put your things away.
- The girl didn´t want to put her things away.
- I didn´t see you put them away.
- An alien put them away.
- They are going to put him away for 30 years for the crime he commited.
Put in
Significado: Meter o poner algo dentro (o en un sitio/lugar). Es un phrasal verb separable.
Ejemplos:
- Put it in the pocket.
- Put the mobile phone in my bag.
- How much time did you put it in?
- Let´s not put too much time into it.
- I´ve put a lot of time in this game.
Put off
Significado: Posponer o aplazar algo. Es un phrasal verb separable.
Ejemplos:
- Put it off until next week.
- They put off the meeting.
- Why are you always putting it off?
- We should not put it off anymore.
- Don´t put off for tomorrow what you can do today.
Put on
Significado 1: Ponerse ropa. Es un phrasal verb separable.
Significado 2: Poner algo sobre una superficie o un lugar. Es un phrasal verb separable.
Significado 3: Engordar
Ejemplos:
- Put the jacket on.
- Put the book on the table.
- You can put your clothes on.
- I always put on weight during Christmas.
- Put my father on the phone.
Put out
Significado 1: Apagar algo que se está quemando o que está ardiendo.
Significado 2: Sacar algo fuera.
Ejemplos:
- Put out the cigarette in the ashtray, please.
- Put the clothes out to dry.
- It took them two hours to put it out.
- The firefighters put out the fire in five hours.
- We put them out of the competition.
