Phrasal Verb: Wake Up

to stop sleeping

Examples

• I wake up at 6.

Key rules

• Wake up means stop sleeping and become awake
• It can be used without an object: I wake up at 6
• With an object, the particle can go on either side: wake the baby up
• With a pronoun, the pronoun goes in the middle: wake them up

Common mistakes

• Wake up them → Wake them up
• I wake up at six → I wake up at 6 (use numerals in clock times)