Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the ELT Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer | UKOK somebody or something urr STUDY Read these sentences carefully. Will y u droP the kids off at school on your way into town yye dropped off our bags at the hotel and then went to explore the city. You can drop me off here if you like. It s not far to walk. Where would you like to be dropped off CHECK Use the sentences in the Study box to help you do these exercises. leaning 1 f you drop somebody off what do you do Choose the best meaning. a you take somebody in your car and leave them somewhere b you make or help somebody leave a place 2 If you drop something off what do you do Choose the best meaning. a you let something fall out of your hand b you deliver something somewhere grammar Which of these are grammatically possible a I dropped my friends off. b I dropped off my friends. c I dropped them off. d I dropped off them. e They were dropped off. Now check your answers by looking at drop sblsth off on p. 103. PRACTISE 1 Complete these sentences using an appropriate form of drop off and a suitable object a noun or a pronoun a Could the hotel please b I work near the library. Shall you c Where. Just here will be fine thanks. 2 There is a grammatical mistake in one of these sentences. Can you find the mistake and correct it a I was dropped off right outside my house which was great. b Oh no I forgot to drop off that package for my boss c Sue s driving - why don t you ask her to drop off Now check your answers by looking at drop sblsth off on p. 103. OpPOS TES opposite of drop somebody or something off is pick somebody or Orr ething up urents can drop off or pick up their children outside the school. 25 W rr Mt I urr someinmg STUDY Read these sentences carefully. Is this where we get off Your bike s got a flat d better get off and walk. The teenager was last seen getting off a train in Liverpool. The bus stopped and three people got off it. CHECK Use the sentences in the Study box to help you do these exercises. MEANING 1 Which one of .
