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Intransitive Verbs followed by words which may function either as Adverbs orPrepositionsbreak through: appeardo without: survive withoutglance off: hit and bounce offgo without: not havehang around: stay nearjoin in: become involved inlounge around: relax inmill around: (of a crowd ) move randomlypass by: passrally round: gather to give supportsail through: succeed easilyscrape through: barely succeedturn off: leave a roadThe sun broke through.The sun broke through the clouds.We had to do without.We had to do without electricity.The ball glanced off.The ball glanced off the wall.They went without.They went without food.We hung around.We hung around the movie theater.I joined in.I joined in the game.We lounged around.We lounged around the living room .The students milled around.The students milled around the lobby.I passed by.I passed by the house.We rallied round.We rallied round our class president.She sailed through.She sailed through the exam.They scraped through.They scraped through the course.We turned off.We turned off the main highway.a. Expressions in which the verb has an objectThere are a few phrasal verbs consisting of a verb followed by a word which mayfunction either as an adverb or as a preposition, where the verb may have an object. Inthe following examples the objects are underlined.e.g. We passed the candies around.We passed the candies around the class.In each of these examples, the verb passed of the phrasal verb to pass around has theobject candies. In the first example, the word around functions as an adverb, while inthe second example, the word around functions as a preposition with the object class.The following are examples of phrasal verbs consisting of a verb followed by a wordwhich may function either as an adverb or as a preposition, where the verb may have anobject. Each phrasal verb is followed by its meaning and examples of its use. Theobjects of the verbs and prepositions are underlined. The last example illustrates theuse of the Passive Voice.Verbs followed by objects followed by words which may function either as Adverbsor Prepositionscross off: put a line throughI crossed his name off.

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