 Welcome to this video. Today, you're going to learn how to use pick, pick out and pick up. I commonly see mistakes with these three verbs. So let's fix that today. Of course, I'm Jennifer from jforisenglish.com and this channel is dedicated to helping you feel confident speaking English and public so you can take your career and your life to the next level. Now, before we go any further, make sure you subscribe and hit that bell icon so you're notified every time I post a new lesson. Now let's dive in with this video. Today, you're going to learn how to use pick, pick out and pick up. So let's talk about pick. Pick as a verb means to select and you select one or more from many options. So here, for example, we have many different options of pens. I love color. So I like writing with different colors. Now let's say you need a pen and you say, Jennifer, can I borrow a pen? And I could say, sure, pick one, pick one. So I want you to take one of the many options, pick one. Now it doesn't have to be limited to one. So I could say, sure, pick the ones, plural, pick the ones you like. So I'm encouraging you to take more than one pen. So you might pick the green one and pick the orange one and you're a little greedy and you pick the blue one. Now let's compare that to pick out because we also use pick out as a phrasal verb. Notice it has the preposition out. So this is a phrasal verb. We add the preposition out and we can use it to say, identify one or more out of many. Now that is exactly the same as pick, right? So I could say, sure, pick one out and you pick the orange one. Or I could say, sure, pick out your favorites. And you pick out the yellow, blue, and the green one. And you can say, I picked these, I picked these out. So in this specific context of selecting one or more from many, you can use either pick or pick out. There's no difference in meaning. Now let's talk about pick up. This is the mistake I see. Sometimes students use pick up instead of pick out, but they're completely different meanings. So pick up is in no way related to selecting, okay, completely different. Now pick up has many different meanings. I'm going to explain the two most common. The first is to raise something with your hands, okay? So let's say I, oops, drop my pen. I need, and this is the floor, okay? I need to pick it up, pick it up. So I'm lifting something, raising something with my hands. So let's say you got a parcel and it's really big. You could ask someone, can you help me pick this up? It's really heavy. Now the second most common meaning of pick up is when you go to a place to get someone or something and then take that someone or something to another place. So I'm sure you know this one because it's very commonly used. Can you pick me up from the airport? So you go to the airport, you get me and you bring me to another location. So we use it with people and a lot of people know this because they have to pick their kids up from school, for example, or they have to pick their husband up from work, for example. So it's very commonly used. Now another way we use it that most students don't know about is you can also pick something up. So for example, your wife could call you and say, honey, can you pick some milk up on your way home? So you're going to go from work to the store, get milk, and bring the milk to another location. Can you pick some milk up from the store? Or can you pick up some pens on your way home? Because I don't have enough colorful pens. I want more pens. Can you pick some pens up on your way home? But just remember that pick up is in no way related to pick or pick out. So now you know how to use pick and pick out to mean select one out of many. And you know two common meanings for the phrasal verb pick up. So you have four sentences to write. I want you to leave those in the comments below. And if you found this video helpful, please hit the like button, share it with your friends, and of course subscribe. And before you go, make sure you head on over to my website jforestenglish.com and get your free speaking guide. In this guide, I share six tips on how to speak English fluently and confidently. And until next time, happy studying. So if you could pick or pick out only one, you have to choose only one color for your pen. Which one would you choose? Put that in the comments as well just for fun. I'm sure you guys know that I would of course pick the pink one. What about you?