English Phrasal Verb: To Hand In

To give to someone responsible
To submit

Example Sentences for the English Phrasal Verb Hand In

1. It is important that you always hand in any property you find.
2. The teacher asked the students to hand in their compare and contrast essays.
3. Steve found a purse on the bus and handed it in to the driver.
4. After handing in his final test paper, Alex went out for a meal with his friends.
5. You need to remember to hand in your keys when you check out of the hotel.

The English phrasal verb, to hand in, is transitive and separable.

English Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal verbs can be extremely tricky for learners of English. The reason for this is twofold: there are lots of them and their meaning is not always obvious from the words that make them up. To make things even more difficult, phrasal verbs can have multiple meanings, adding to the headache for learners.

A phrasal verb is made up of a main verb with an attached preposition or adverb. An example of a phrasal verb is run into. Where run is the main verb and into is the preposition. Phrasal verbs can be separated into two groups, intransitive and transitive verbs. Intransitive phrasal verbs do not have a direct object: go out, for example, "I want to go out tonight". Transitive phrasal verbs have a direct object and they can be split up into two further categories: separable and inseparable. With separable transitive phrasal verbs, the verb and the preposition can be split up. For example, both “turn off the radio” and “turn the radio off” are both correct. Inseparable phrasal verbs cannot be split up. For example, “I’ll look after you” is correct, but “I’ll look you after” is not.

Using Storyboard That you can prepare a visual dictionary of phrasal verbs quickly and easily. Even better than that, have your students create their own phrasal verb visual definitions.