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The following are examples of expressions which can function as ergative phrasal verbs.Each ergative phrasal verb is followed by its meaning and examples of its use.Ergative Phrasal Verbsblare out: make a loud soundblow up: destroy by an explosionbreak up: break into piecesburn down: destroy by firecalm down: become calmdry out: become dryget across: transmitliven up: become livelypull through: recover from, surviveroll up: wrap into a cylindershut down: close, stop workingwake up: stop sleepingwash out: remove by washingwear away: gradually removewear out: gradually destroy by usingThe loudspeakers blared out the music.The music blared out.Troops blew up the bridge.The bridge blew up.The icebreaker broke up the ice.The ice broke up.We burned down the old barn.The old barn burned down .I calmed down the child.The child calmed down.The sun dried out the earth.The earth dried out.We got our point across to the audience.Our point got across to the audience.He livened up the party.The party livened up.The doctor pulled her through the illness.She pulled through the illness.I rolled up the window blind.The window blind rolled up.They shut down the factory.The factory shut down.I woke her up.She woke up.We washed out the dye.The dye washed out.Water wore away the rock.The rock wore away.I wore out the sweater.The sweater wore out.3. Distinguishing between verbs followed by prepositions and verbs followed byadverbsIt has been seen that the position of pronoun objects, adverbs of manner and stress inspoken English varies according to whether a verb is followed by a preposition or by anadverb.These differences are summarized in the following table. The verbs to sit and to turnare used as examples. The verb to sit is followed by on used as a preposition, whereasthe verb to turn is followed by on used as an adverb.Verb followed by PrepositionVerb followed by Adverb