Phrasal Verbs

Bringing quadruplets up is a lot of work.
I was brought up to believe in honesty and compassion.
Infinitive: burst out
PRESENT TENSE
-ING FORM
PAST TENSE
PAST PARTICIPLE
burst out & bursts out bursting out
burst out
burst out
1. burst out p.v. When you burst out laughing or crying, you begin laughing or crying
loudly and suddenly.
Heather burst out laughing when I fell into the swimming pool.
When Sam heard the news, he burst out crying.
Infinitive: come back
PRESENT TENSE
-ING FORM
PAST TENSE
PAST PARTICIPLE
come back & comes
back
coming back
came back
come back
1. come back (to/from) p.v. When people return to a place where you are, they come back
or come back to that place or come back from the place where they were before.
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Todd went to Florida thinking it would be hot and sunny, but he came back
talking about how cold and rainy it was.
I’m never coming back to this awful place again.
2. come back p.v. When people, organizations, companies, or athletes overcome difficulties
and become successful again, they come back.
My home team came back from last place and won the championship.
Senator Dolittle lost in 1988, but he came back to win in 1994.
comeback n. When people, organizations, companies, or sports teams overcome
difficulties and become successful again, they make a comeback.
The Bulls were down by thirty-four points but won the game with an eighteen-
point lead—what a comeback!
3. come back p.v. When a condition, problem, situation, or activity returns or greatly
increases, it comes back.
I need to see the doctor. The pain in my shoulder has come back.
There isn’t much chance that smallpox will come back any time soon.