Drysden
New member
- Joined
- Apr 12, 2012
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- American English
- Home Country
- United States
- Current Location
- Czech Republic
Hey everyone,
This is my first post here so please bear with me.
My Czech student today asked me if "run along" was a phrasal verb in the sentence "We rang along the river." I said it was because I figured that "along" was an adverb there. But the more I think about it, the more I figure that it's actually a preposition.
Thinking more about it, I found myself just getting confused about two-part verbs, specifically phrasal and prepositional verbs and now I'm wondering if I should just teach both of those together instead of dividing the two types up.
I've always thought I could easily see the difference between a preposition and an adverb, but this has cast a bit of doubt on me. When I checked a sheet of phrasal verbs with "get" they had "get out," as in, "Get that cat out of here," but this is different from "along," no?
Another one of my students said that they were taught adverbial and prepositional verbs grouped together as phrasal verbs. Can it be that some grammarians see phrasal verbs as simply a verb + another word?
If anyone can help explain to me the differences between phrasal verbs and prepositional verbs, I'd appreciate it. I'm going to look over this forum for more information, of course, but I just found it while researching this question between classes and haven't had time yet to poke around here in depth.
Many thanks!
This is my first post here so please bear with me.
My Czech student today asked me if "run along" was a phrasal verb in the sentence "We rang along the river." I said it was because I figured that "along" was an adverb there. But the more I think about it, the more I figure that it's actually a preposition.
Thinking more about it, I found myself just getting confused about two-part verbs, specifically phrasal and prepositional verbs and now I'm wondering if I should just teach both of those together instead of dividing the two types up.
I've always thought I could easily see the difference between a preposition and an adverb, but this has cast a bit of doubt on me. When I checked a sheet of phrasal verbs with "get" they had "get out," as in, "Get that cat out of here," but this is different from "along," no?
Another one of my students said that they were taught adverbial and prepositional verbs grouped together as phrasal verbs. Can it be that some grammarians see phrasal verbs as simply a verb + another word?
If anyone can help explain to me the differences between phrasal verbs and prepositional verbs, I'd appreciate it. I'm going to look over this forum for more information, of course, but I just found it while researching this question between classes and haven't had time yet to poke around here in depth.
Many thanks!