Phrasal Verbs

Infinitive: sneak in
PRESENT TENSE
-ING FORM
PAST TENSE
PAST PARTICIPLE
sneak in & sneaks in sneaking in
sneaked in
sneaked in
1. sneak in/into p.v. When you enter a place without anyone seeing or hearing you, you
sneak in or sneak into the place.
When I was a kid I used to sneak into the movie theater through the emergency
exit.
If you don’t have a ticket for the game, you’ll have to sneak in.
2. sneak . . . in/into p.v. [always separated unless passive] When you bring a person or thing
into a place without the knowledge of other people in the place, you sneak that person or
thing into that place.
Jake sneaked drugs into the prison when he visited Marty.
Many people try to sneak alcohol into theaters when they go to concerts.
Infinitive: sneak out
PRESENT TENSE
-ING FORM
PAST TENSE
PAST PARTICIPLE
sneak out & sneaks
out
sneaking out
sneaked out
sneaked out
1. sneak out (of) p.v. When you leave a place without anyone seeing or hearing you, you
sneak out or sneak out of the place.
Susie’s father told her to stay upstairs in her room, but she sneaked out through
the window.
The principal caught me sneaking out of my chemistry class.
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2. sneak…out (of) p.v. [always separated unless passive] When you take a person or thing
out of a place without the knowledge of other people in the place, you sneak that person
or thing out of that place.
The restaurant cook was fired for sneaking steaks out of the restaurant’s back
door.
One of the students sneaked a copy of the test out of the classroom.