PICK somebody or something UP (2)

Mar 2, 2017

Study box. Read these sentences carefully.

1. I have to pick the kids up from school this afternoon.
2. We can pick up the tickets an hour before the show starts.
3. Shall I pick you up from work today?
4. What time are you being picked up in the morning?
Use the sentences in the study box to help you do these exercises.
- If you pick somebody up, what do you do? Choose the best meaning:
  - you help somebody to go somewhere
  - you collect them in your vehicle and take them somewhere
- Choose the verb that means almost the same as ‘pick something up’:
  - to collect something
  - to find something
  - to choose something
- Which of these are grammatically possible?
  - He picked the tickets up.
  - He picked up the tickets.
  - He picked them up.
  - He picked up them.
  - The tickets were picked up.
Complete these sentences using a form of the verb ‘pick up’, the phrase in brackets and an appropriate object (a noun or a pronoun):
- I can’t meet you at 3.30. I have to from school. (my son)
- We need to from the Box Office. (tickets)
- I’m working late tonight. I can’t until eight. (you)
- He had to go home first and for the weekend. (some things)