TODAY'S MINI LESSON IS ABOUT TWO VERY

USEFUL PHRASAL VERBS: 'PICK UP' AND

'DROP OFF'.
They are both about taking people (or
sometimes things) to places, often in your car.
These are both separable phrasal verbs.
Drop off = take someone (or something) to a place.

We usually use the prepositions 'at' or 'in' for the

place.
•I dropped Lucy off at the airport (= I took Lucy to the airport in my
car and she stayed there and I went home).
•We dropped him off at school.
•Could you drop me off at the station?
•Let's drop off the shopping and then go out (= let's take the
shopping home and leave it there).
Pick up = go to a place and get someone or something.

We often use the preposition 'from' for the place.

•I pick my daughter up from school at 3:30 every day.
•Could you come and pick me up? The trains are delayed.
•The taxi driver picked her up from the station.
•We'll pick you up. What time does your plane arrive?
Let's review! Change the sentence so that it uses 'drop off' or 'pick up’.

Remember to put the pronoun before the preposition.

1) Could you take me to the airport?

2) We went to the school to get her.

3) Are you going to get Julie to the station?