Abstract :
This descriptive qualitative research was aimed to (1) Explain how the
phrasal verbs distribute to the text; (2) Calculate the number and percentages of
the phrasal verbs found in the text. The subject of this research was PREMISE
Journal of English Education Study Program of Muhammadiyah University of
Metro Volume 8 Number 1. Afterward, the object of this research was the
phrasal verbs which found in abstracts of PREMISE Journal.
The data were collected by observing the journal which consisted of
several phrasal verbs. After that, the collected data were analyzed by identifying,
categorizing and calculating the data. Eventually, the result shows that not all
types of phrasal verbs available in the abstracts. The total numbers of phrasal
verbs in the abstract were 37; consist of 28 non-separable types and 20
transitive types. Then, the percentages from each type shows 28 times or 76%
for non-separable type and transitive type arise 20 times or 54.1%. The
researcher did not found transitive and separable type in the text. Lastly, the
researcher concluded that the dominant phrasal verb in the text is nonseparable
phrasal
verb.