Talk about gathering things or fetching someone from a place.
The idea
Put the thing or person directly after collect. Use from for the place they leave. The past is collected.
Examples
- I collect shells on the beach.
- Maya collects old postcards.
- We collected the books after class.
- Please collect your parcel from the shop.
- Dad will collect the children from school.
- Can you collect me at the station?
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Watch out
Do not add to before the object: say collect the parcel.
Try it yourself
Choose the correct answer. She ___ stamps in a small album. (collects / collect)
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collects
collects matches the subject she.
Choose the correct answer. Yesterday we ___ the tickets from the desk. (collected / collects)
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collected
collected places the action yesterday.
Choose the correct answer. Can you collect him ___ the airport? (from / with)
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from
from identifies where the person is picked up.
Practice round
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Choose the correct answer. She ___ stamps in a small album. (collects / collect)
Choose the correct answer. Yesterday we ___ the tickets from the desk. (collected / collects)
Choose the correct answer. Can you collect him ___ the airport? (from / with)
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Describe something you collect and someone you might collect from a place.