Structure for three-word phrasal verbs.
There are a couple of things we have to look at in terms of structure for a three-word phrasal verbs.
Here is the first thing.
The majority of three word phrasal verbs require the object to go after the whole phrase. Don't separate
the phrasal verb.
For example, I didn't used to get along with my brother.
The object
'my brother' comes after the whole phrasal verb.
We don't put it inside the phrasal verb. For example, we don't say, "I didn't used to get along
my brother with." Some two-word phrasal verbs can be separated like this,
but the vast majority of three-word phrasal verbs are not separated.
Another example is: The latest phone has lived up to all its expectations.
Again the object comes after the whole phrasal verb.
Treat
three-word phrasal verbs as a whole.
Treat them just like any other verb.
As I said, some two-word phrasal verbs can be separated,
we can put the object in the middle of the phrasal verb, but treat three-word phrasal verbs as a whole.
Don't separate them.
Now let's look at the tense for phrasal verbs.
The tense of the verb part changes
just like any other verb.
For example, Jane looks up to her teachers at school.
This is the present simple tense.
Notice the 's' on the verb
part 'looks'.
The next example is the past simple.
Jane looked up to her teachers at school.
This time we've added the '-ed' ending to the verb.
And the last one is the present perfect.
Jane has looked up to her teachers at school.
Here we have the present perfect structure has + the past participle verb 'looked'.
That's just a few examples of the tenses that you can use, but you can use any English tense. So you can
use the future tenses 'will' or 'going to'.
You can say, "I'm going to look up to...," or "I will look up to..."
You can use the present continuous 'looking up to' etc.
So you're not limited to the tenses I just outlined.
You can use any English tense with phrasal verbs.
Now move on to the things to note
lecture.
See you there.