Phrasal Verbs

PAST TENSE
PAST PARTICIPLE
let off & lets off
letting off
let off
let off
1. let . . . off p.v. [always separated unless passive] When you let someone off a bus or other
form of transportation, you stop it so that person can leave it.
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The driver let her off at the corner.
That’s my house there. Can you let me off please?
2. let . . . off p.v. [always separated unless passive] When you are let off by a person in
authority, you are not punished or you are given only a light punishment.
It was Jake’s first offense, so the judge let him off with a warning.
People were shocked that he had been let off so lightly.
3. let . . . off p.v. When you fire a gun or explode bombs or fireworks, you let them off.
When you let off steam, you express angry feelings or frustration or do something to
relieve those feelings.
The high school was evacuated after someone let off a smoke bomb.
When I was a kid I used to love letting off firecrackers on the Fourth of July.
I’m sorry I was so angry this morning. I was just letting off steam.
Infinitive: light up
PRESENT TENSE
-ING FORM
PAST TENSE
PAST PARTICIPLE
light up & lights up
lighting up
lit up
lit up
1. light . . . up p.v. When you shine lights on something or attach lights to something, you
light it up.
Airport runways are lit up so that pilots can see them in the dark.
The police lit the house up with their spotlights.
lit up part.adj. After a light is shined on something or you put lights inside or attach lights
to the outside of something, it is lit up.
The signs aren’t lit up, so it’s hard to see them at night.
2. light . . . up p.v. When you light up a cigarette, cigar, or pipe, you use a match or lighter
to start it burning.
Here are the matches—let’s light up.