- Phrasal Verb – Hand in.
- Meaning – To give something to someone in authority. You can hand in your homework to a teacher or you can hand in a purse you’ve just found to a policeman.
- This phrasal verb is separable.
- “I’ve just found this nice handbag on the train. I don’t know whose it it. I will hand this handbag in to the train conductor.”
- “My homework is too difficult. Can I pick your brain later? I need to hand in my homework tomorrow!”
- If you hand in your notice or hand in your resignation you are officially announcing that you are leaving your job.
- “I handed in my notice last week. It is such a relief to finally leave this awful job!”
What is a phrasal verb?
A phrasal verb is a verb combined with 1 or 2 small words. These small words are particles. A particle can be a preposition or adverb. The phrasal verb has a different meaning from the verb alone because the particle changes the meaning of the verb.
Some phrasal verbs can be separated. When we change the tense of the phrasal verb we only modify the verb part. The particle remains the same.