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                                                                                           Common phrasal verbs Separable Phrasal Verbs The object may come after the following phrasal verbs or it may separate the two parts: You have  to do  this paint job  over . You have  to do over  this paint job. When the object of the following phrasal verbs is a pronoun, the two parts of the phrasal verb must be separated: You have  to do   it   over . Verb  Meaning Example blow up explode The terrorists tried to  blow up  the railroad station. bring up mention a topic My mother  brought up  that little matter of my prison record again. bring up raise children It isn't easy to  bring u...

Prefixes  and  suffixes  are sets of letters that are added to the beginning or end of another word. They are not words in their own right and cannot stand on their own in a sentence: if they are printed on their own they have a hyphen  before or after them. Prefixes Prefixes are added to the beginning of an existing word in order to create a new word with a different meaning. For example: word prefix new word happy un- unhappy cultural multi- multicultural work over- overwork space cyber- cyberspace market super- supermarket Suffixes Suffixes are added to the end of an existing word. For example: word suffix new word child -ish childish work -er worker taste -less tasteless idol -ize/-ise idolize /idolise like -able likeable The addition of a suffix often changes a word from one word class to another. In the table above, the verb  like  becomes the adjective likeable,  the noun  idol  becomes the verb ido...

  Although   and   even though   have a similar meaning to   despite   and   in spite of .  We use all of these words to say that a thing is surprising, unusual or unexpected in relation to another thing. This is called concession. While the meaning of these words is similar, there is a difference in how we use them. Although  and  even though  are conjunctions . They have the same meaning.  Even though  is a little stronger than  although . We use these structures: although + a clause even though + a clause Despite  and  in spite of  are  prepositions , and have the same meaning. They are used with these structures: despite + noun despite + verb + -ing in spite of + a noun in spite of + verb + -ing Although, even though vs. despite The examples below show us that although  /  even though  and  despite  / in spite of  are similar in mea...