Phrasal verbs are annoying because some of them have to stay stuck together (inseparable) AND some of them can be split apart. You have to learn which ones are which. Check out this link: http://www.eslcafe.com/pv/ I recommend that you memorize one sentence for each inseparable phrasal verb, and TWO sentences for each separable phrasal verb, so that the separable phrasal verb is split apart in the one sentence, and not split apart in the other sentence. Have a native speaker make a recording of these for you that you can play over and over again until you simply can't stand it any longer. For example" pick on (inseparable): bully; intentionally try to make someone upset. "You should be ashamed of teasing your little brother, Bob! Pick on someone your own size!" pick up (2. separable): arrange to meet someone and give her/him a ride. "Of course we can go there together. What time should I pick you up?" And then have a sentence that does NOT split the separable phrasal verb: "Of course we can go there together. What time should I pick up Tom?" This way you will have in your head which phrasal verbs are separable and which ones are not. I can't think of any other way to do this. This is a very important rule for separable phrasal verbs: If you do NOT separate a separable phrasal verb, the words "you, him, her, it, them" can NOT go after the phrasal verb in the sentence. It will sound strange to a native speaker. For example, You can say: When shall I pick you up?" When shall I pick Tom up? When shall I pick up Tom? You can NOT say: When shall I pick up you? When shall I pick up her? (These sound terrible.) Check out this link: http://www.eslcafe.com/pv/

This link has the most common 200. http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/phrasal-verbs-list.htm