Choose the correct sentence out of the following:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Pick it up and carry it to the kitchen.
Pronoun object with a phrasal verb:
- Pick up is a separable phrasal verb (verb + particle).
- A noun object can go before or after the particle: "pick up the box" or "pick the box up".
- A pronoun object must go between the verb and the particle: "pick it up".
- This sentence: "Pick it up and carry it to the kitchen."
Example: Your coat is on the floor; please hang it up.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: Pick up it and carry it to the kitchen. — Incorrect. The pronoun "it" cannot come after the particle "up".
Option 3: Pick it up and carry the kitchen. — Incorrect. It drops "it to", so the sentence says to carry the kitchen itself.
Option 4: Pick up carry and it to the kitchen. — Incorrect. The words are jumbled; "carry and it" makes no sense.
Contrast: a noun object may stand on either side of the particle ("pick up the box", "pick the box up"); a pronoun only between ("pick it up").