15 Commonly Used Phrasal Verbs for Computers and Technology Phrasal verbs are commonly used in everyday English. Here are 15 of the most commonly used phrasal verbs. Back-up to make anot

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15 Commonly Used Phrasal Verbs for Computers and Technology

Phrasal verbs are commonly used in everyday English. Here are 15 of the most commonly used phrasal verbs.

Back-up to make another copy and store it in a safe place

Log-in to enter your name and password into the computer or a website

Log out / off to exit from your computer or a website

Boot-up to start the computer

Scroll up/down to move slowly up or down the page

Click-on to move the mouse over a button or object and click on it

Plug in to insert the plug into the power socket

Key in or Put in. to type the word/ number or code into the computer

Pop-up something that appears suddenly on the screen. This often relates to ads popping up on the screen

Power up to start the computer

Print out to make a paper copy of something from a computer

Shut down to turn off the computer

Turn on /off to start to or close down the computer

Set up to put together pieces of the hardware for the computer

Pull down to click on a word or function that open a list of options.

17 apr. 2018 17:43

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A phrasal verb is a verb that is made up of a main verb together with a preposition or an adverb, or both. Often, the meaning of the phrasal verb is not obvious from the meanings of the individual words themselves. You often have to look at the context of the sentence to work out the meaning of the phrase.

Phrasal verbs can be both Transitive (i.e. they can have an object) and Intransitive ( (i.e. they have no object).

Phrasal Verbs can be used as a verb or we can change them into nouns or adjectives.

When we use a phrasal verb as a verb we use two or three separate words however when we combine them together as a closed compound or use a hyphen we are turning them into a noun or adjective. An example is breakdown or turn-out. There are no hard and fast rules as to whether we use a hyphen or not, so check your dictionary if you are not sure.

And remember, you can end a sentence with a phrasal verb as in They kissed and made up

18 april 2018

English grammar is very confusing. So a phrasal verb is one of those words, or something like it, with a little in or out added to it? I don’t understand why some get dashes and others don’t. Hum. And why do some sound like nouns to me? Strange. Like a pop-up sounds like a thing to me, a noun.

18 april 2018