text: what are the differences between prepositional verbs and phrasal verbs? could you tell me how to distinguish the prepositional verbs from phrasal verbs?  what are the characteristics of prepositional verbs?  how to teach prepositional verbs using pictures?  thanks a lot for answering my questions. prepositional verbs add the meaning of the preposition to the verb. phrasal verbs has a different meaning and the last particle doesn't work as a preposition. for example, to give to, is a prepositional verb "to" meaning directions, but to give up is a phrasal.