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I Dream Idea Word Order Particle Choose Sentence

With separable transitive phrasal verbs, the pronoun object always goes after the particle: 'I'll dream it up'.

Con los verbos frasales transitivos que pueden separarse, el pronombre objeto siempre va después de la partícula: 'I'll dream it up'.

Task Choose the sentence with the right word order
Answer 2
a I certainly do like your idea! I'll dream up it.
b I certainly do like your idea! I'll dream it up.
c I certainly do like your idea! I'll up dream it.
d I certainly do like your idea! Up I'll dream it.
comment The majority of transitive phrasal verbs are separable. Therefore, we can place the particle before the noun objects or after them. But we should remember that if a pronoun is a direct object then the particle always goes after it: I dream it up (correct) / I dream up it (wrong).
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