Prepositions of movement – along, across, over, etc.

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    Prepositions of movement – along, across, over, etc.

    Exercise 3

    Complete each sentence using the appropriate preposition in the box.
    across    along     down    from    into    off    out of    over    to    towards    through    up

    EXAMPLE: When they saw the bull, they got really scared and they ran down the hill really fast.

    1 He jumped from one side of the rock to the other side of the rock. ⇒ He jumped the rock.

    2 They ran from one side of the street to the other side of the street. ⇒ They ran the street.

    3 The car was going in the direction of the bridge. ⇒ The car was going the bridge.

    4 They ran in the trees, from one end to the other end. ⇒ They ran the trees.

    5 He took a towel and went inside the bathroom. ⇒ He took a towel and went the bathroom.

    6 We walked following the line of the main street. ⇒ We walked the main street.

    7 We rode our bikes from a lower position to a higher position on the mountain. ⇒ We rode our bikes the mountain.

    8 He was on the stage and then he went away from the stage. ⇒ He went the stage.

    9 When she came from the interior of the office to the exterior of the office, she looked upset. ⇒ When she came the office, she looked upset.

    10 The place where I'm going to start walking is the gym and my destination is work. ⇒ I'm going to walk the gym work.


     

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  • Prepositions of movement

    We use prepositions after verbs to describe the direction of movement. It’s common to use these prepositions after verbs that describe movement (walk, run, come, go, drive, cycle, fly, etc.), although it is also possible to use them after other types of verbs (We talked over the fence, I looked into the room, etc.) or after nouns (the path to the beach, the road from Leeds, the way up the hill, etc.)

    Grammar chart showing prepositions of movement with examples, such as 'to,' 'from,' 'into,' 'out of,' 'on,' 'off,' 'up,' 'down,' 'along,' 'through,' 'across,' 'towards,' 'over,' 'under,' 'around,' and 'past.'

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    Get on/off the bus or train, get into/out of the car

    We say get in and get out of for a car, taxi, or van, but we say get on or get off for motorbikes and bicycles and for public means of transport, such as a bus, a train or a plane.

    • I have to get off the bus at the next stop. 
    • He stopped and got out of the car.

    Go to work by car= drive to work

    When we want to talk about how we go from place A to place B, we can do it in two different ways:

    ➪ Using by + means of transport (car, taxi, plane, bike, etc.) or using on + foot.

    • I go to school on foot. 
    • I go to work by car.
    • I went to Zurich by plane. 
    • I went to the airport by taxi. 

    ➪ Using a verb of movement (walk, drive, fly, cycle, etc.) or for public transport, using take + means of transport.

    • I walk to school
    • I drive to work. 
    • I flew to Zurich. 
    • I took a taxi/a bus/a train/etc. to the airport. 

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