Separable phrasal verb example

  1. put on your hat.
  2. put your hat on.

The example shows the phrasal verb To put on.
This phrasal verb has two forms. In the second sentence the phrasal verb words have been split and the object is inside the phrasal verb.

Formal and informal

Compare these sentences:
Let's put off the meeting until the boss comes back from Scotland.

Let's postpone the meeting until the boss returns from Scotland.

Which sentence is the most formal?
Do phrasal verbs usually make sentences sound more or less formal?
What will you sound like if you don't know many phrasal verbs?

Familiar (phrasal verbs) and Formal (Latin verbs).

Stress the main verb and not the preposition. Listen and repeat.