1. English
5Module 30
Using Two-Word Verbs
A DepEd-BEAM Distance Learning Program supported by the Australian Agency for International Development
2. To the Learner
Dear Learner,
Hello! How are you?
In your previous module, you have learned about the different
tenses of verbs. Can you enumerate them?
Very good!
Today we are going to learn more about verbs.
Sometimes a verb may be two words or compound.
Get ready to find out what make up these two-word verbs and
how they are used.
This module will teach you how to use two-word verbs in
sentences.
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Let’s Try This
Let’s Learn This
Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences
meaningfully. Write your answers on a piece of paper. An example is
done for you.
turn-up a) Please (turn-on, turn-up) the volume of the radio.
___________ 1.) Don’t (give out, give up) when you fail once.
___________ 2.) How do you (go about, go up) making salad?
3. ___________ 3.) The temperature reading (points to, points out) a
warm day.
___________ 4.) You (get out, get in) the room through the window.
___________ 5.) (Keep up, Keep out) your good work.
Well, were you able to write the correct two-word verbs?
It’s alright learner. You will learn more about two-word verbs
in this module.
Let’s Study this
Read the conversation below. Take note of the underlined
words.
Dindo: Let’s hurry up. The meeting of the staffers
starts at exactly three o’clock.
Celso: We had better slow down or slip.
Dindo: Ben turns on the loud speaker now. Don’t you
hear it?
Celso: Yes, I do. I hope he turns it off. Here we are.
Dindo: Agnes, are we in the attendance record?
Agnes: Look up the list. Find your names and sign up.
Celso: Thanks a lot.
Source: English for All Times 5
1. Who are going to attend the meeting?
2. Why did Dindo tell Celso to hurry up?
3. Do you also come to meetings promptly?
4. Why is it good to be punctual always?
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- What are the underlined words in the paragraph?
hurry up turns off
slow down look up
turns on sign up
- What do we call these words?
o These words are called two-word verbs.
- How are these verbs formed?
A two-word verb is formed by putting together a simple or
main verb and one or more number of participles, like prepositions.
It looks like a phrase but as a phrase, it functions as one word.
Therefore, it is taken as a single unit.
Here are some more two-word verbs and their meanings.
Study them.
Put on means to wear.
Put on your sweater. It’s getting cold.
Put off means to cancel or postpone.
Father put off his trip to Zamboanga due to bad weather.
Get on means to board or ride in/on.
Please get on the plane forty five minutes before take off.
Get off means to alight.
To get to the airport, take a bus and get off at the town market.
Take a jeepney straight to the airport entrance.
Look up means to give due respect; to find or search.
I look up to my elder sister as my mother.
Can you list down more of these two-word verbs?
Find their meanings, too and use them in your own sentences.
5. Let’s Do This
A. Go over the following advertisements. Find two-word verbs.
Put on a pair of PINOY
rubber shoes!
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Styled and made in Marikina,
Philippines, this pair of shoes
turns you on to Channel
Sports.
Buy a pair now! Look it up in the stalls of your nearest town.
People around the world look up to PINOY – a product of
Filipino ingenuity.
Listen to PINOY and come up with the latest news in the
community, country and around the world.
6. B. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate two-word verbs given.
1.) put on – put off
a. Let us __________ the interview with Manny Pacquiao.
He is not free on Monday.
b. Please __________ your best attitude to get good grades.
2.) look up – look for – look down
a. Let us respect the right of the poor. Let us not ___________
at their way of living.
b. _______________ any newspaper. Then, cut out its
headline.
3.) turn on – turn off
a. Grandfather has to __________ his portable radio for storm
signal updates.
Finished?
Check your answers using the answer key.
What’s your score?
Great job!
Let’s Do More
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate two-word verbs that
are found in the shirt.
look for
turn off
look up
get on
turn on
get off
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7. 1.) The kid fell from the bus when he was about to
______________.
2.) _______________ the glossary and find the meanings of these
two word verbs.
3.) Always _____________ the light before going to bed.
4.) Please _____________ the TV for some news.
5.) Can you ____________ Mrs. Santos? Her son would like to talk
to her.
Are you done?
Check your answers using the answer key.
What’s your score?
Good work learner!
Here’s a medal for you!
Great!
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8. What is a two-word verb?
Remember:
A two-word verb is formed by putting together a
simple or main verb and one or a number of participles,
like prepositions. It looks like a phrase but it functions as
one word. Therefore, it is taken as a single unit.
Example:
1. May writes down the minutes of the meeting.
2. I want you to come up with a solution tomorrow.
3. All the names and answers turn out null and void.
Here are the meanings of the two-word verbs in the
sentence above:
write down – take notes
come up – produce
turn out – result in
Notice what the two-word verbs are made up of.
Main verbMain verb PrepositionPreposition
write down
come up
turn out
Let’s Remember This
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9. Let’s Test Ourselves
Study the two-word verbs and their meanings. Complete each
sentence by using each of them. Make the necessary changes in the
verb form, if necessary.
two-word
verb
Meaning
hand in submit
get into enter
agree on believe in the same idea
turn out result in
come in get inside
1. After discussing the matter, the club finally ____________ the
date of the creative writing and journalism club fair.
2. Let’s have to ____________ a situation wherein nothing seems
to be impossible.
3. The unhappy secretary _______________ her registration to her
manager.
4. The surprise party ______________ to be riot.
5. Don’t _________________ yet because they are still having a
meeting.
What’s your score?
Congratulations!
You made it!
If you got 4-5 correct answers, you get a .
If not, do the activity in Let’s Enrich Ourselves.
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Look at the pictures below. Can you think of an appropriate
two-word verb to describe the action in each picture? On a piece of
paper write a sentence using the two-word verbs. The first one is
done for you.
Let’s Enrich
Ourselves
The farmer had to put on
his hat because it’s raining.
1.
2.
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
12. Let’s Try This Let’s Do This
Answer Key
1. give up A. put on
2. go about look up
3. points to turns on
4. get in look up
5. Keep up turn on
listen to
come up
Let’s Do More B. 1.) a. put off
1. get on b. put on
2. look up 2.) a. look down
3. turn off b. look for
4. turn on 3.) a. turn on
5. look for
Let’s Test Ourselves
1. agreed on / agrees on
2. get into
3. handed in / hands in
4. turned out / turns out
5. come in
Let’s Enrich Ourselves
Possible Answers:
1.) Harold looked up the word in the dictionary before he used it
in a sentence.
2.) The president of the company will get on/gets on the
company plane.
3.) After plowing the field, the farmer decided to get off his
carabao.
4.) Mother turned on the washing machine for the laundry.
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