What Are Phrasal Verbs? — English Bac Éco

ضمن برنامج بكالوريا Éco

English has a coefficient of 2 in the Bac Sciences Économiques stream, the same weight as Philosophy and Law. It sits behind the professional subjects (General Economics and Accounting, coefficient 6; Business Organisation, coefficient 3; Applied Mathematics, coefficient 4). The stream's grounding in institutions and collective behaviour makes the English themes on citizenship, organisations and development familiar ground.

في الامتحان

Three parts: Reading Comprehension, Language, and Writing (about 180 words). Economics candidates are used to analysing collective phenomena and institutions, which helps on essay prompts about international organisations, brain drain or sustainable development — provided the answer stays in plain English, not economics jargon.

أهداف التعلم

Reuse this vocabulary field in the Bac Éco Reading answers and in the argumentative essay (coefficient 2)
Understand that a phrasal verb (verb + particle) often has an idiomatic meaning different from the verb alone
Distinguish separable phrasal verbs (look up a word / look a word up) from inseparable ones (look after someone)
Recognise the most frequent phrasal verbs of the programme: give up, look after, find out, carry out, come across, put off, run out of
Place a pronoun only between the verb and the particle in a separable transitive phrasal verb

المفاهيم الأساسية

What is a phrasal verb?

A simple verb (look, give, come…) paired with one or two particles (up, after, out, off…) forming a unit of meaning often far from the verb alone. E.g. give up (abandon) has no direct link with give.

Separable and inseparable

Separable (transitive): the object can go between the verb and the particle, or after — but a pronoun ALWAYS goes between the two (turn off the light / turn the light off / turn it off, never turn off it). Inseparable: the verb and particle never split (look after your sister, look after her).

Frequent phrasal verbs of the programme

give up (abandon), look after (take care of), find out (discover), carry out (perform, complete), come across (find by chance, meet), put off (postpone), run out of (have no more of).

الأخطاء الشائعة

Placing a pronoun after the particle of a separable phrasal verb: “turn off it” is wrong — use “turn it off”.

Translating a phrasal verb word for word: “give up” does not mean “give upward” but “abandon” — the meaning must be learned as a unit.

Treating an inseparable transitive phrasal verb as separable: “look after” can never become “look your sister after”.

مثال محلول

نص السؤال

Rewrite the sentence replacing the object with a pronoun, following the placement rule: “Please turn off the lights before leaving.”

التصحيح

Identify the phrasal verb. turn off is separable and transitive.

Apply the pronoun rule. With a pronoun (it, replacing the lights), the particle must follow the pronoun: never “turn off it”.

Result. “Please turn them off before leaving.”

افهم الدرس، ثم تدرب.

ينشئ Orka تمارين غير محدودة وامتحانات تجريبية مصححة تغطي برنامج اللغة الإنجليزية في بكالوريا Éco، مع تتبع تقدمك درساً بعد درس.

تابع مجاناً مع Orka

3 تمارين للتدرب

التمرين 1

Easy

Choose the correct meaning of “give up”: (abandon / give / stand up)

عرض التصحيح

abandon — give up is a phrasal verb with an idiomatic meaning, unrelated to give.

التمرين 2

Medium

Complete with the right particle: “The scientists carried ___ several experiments before reaching a conclusion.” (out / on / off)

عرض التصحيح

out — carry out means to perform, to complete (an experiment, a mission).

التمرين 3

Hard

Correct: “She looks her little brother after every afternoon.”

عرض التصحيح

look after is inseparable; the object always follows the particle: “She looks after her little brother every afternoon.”

تعمق أكثر في هذا الدرس

أكثر من 50 تمريناً تفاعلياً في هذا الدرس

تمارين يولدها الذكاء الاصطناعي ويصححها خطوة بخطوة حسب مستواك.

تسجيل الدخول مطلوب

اختبار ذكي متكيف

أسئلة تتكيف تلقائياً مع إجاباتك الصحيحة وأخطائك.

تسجيل الدخول مطلوب

تصحيح امتحانات سابقة مرتبطة بالدرس

مواضيع من الامتحانات الوطنية والجهوية السابقة.

تسجيل الدخول مطلوب

خطة مراجعة شخصية

ترتب أولوية هذا الدرس حسب تقدمك الحقيقي في الشعبة.

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بطاقات مراجعة الدرس

الصيغ والتعريفات الأساسية لمراجعة سريعة.

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مدرس ذكي بالدارجة

اطرح أسئلتك حول الدرس واحصل على شرح فوري.

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الأسئلة الشائعة

How do I memorise so many phrasal verbs for the exam?

Group them by particle (up = completion / increase: give up, look up, grow up; out = discovery / running low: find out, run out of, carry out) — this helps you recall families of meaning rather than isolated words.

How can I tell if a phrasal verb is separable without a dictionary?

It is hard to guess: it is a property to learn verb by verb. One useful hint: phrasal verbs meaning “take care of / depend on” (look after, look for, rely on) are almost always inseparable.

Can I replace a phrasal verb with a simpler word in the exam?

Yes, and it is sometimes safer if you are unsure of the structure: discover for find out, postpone for put off, abandon for give up — but knowing the phrasal verb is still essential for reading the texts.

How do I fit English revision around the economics and accounting subjects?

A short weekly session: one chapter (rule or word list, two examples), then a short paragraph. Focus especially on the society themes — citizenship, international organisations, development — which are close to your other subjects, and keep a model introduction and conclusion ready. A mark above your average is within reach.

How do I use this theme in the Bac Éco essay without sounding generic?

Anchor each key term in one concrete, personal example — a place, a person, a situation you know. A specific illustration in accurate English scores better than a long list of terms with no support, on any of the society prompts in the programme.