Lingportal - Prepositions of Direction

Prepositions of direction,

Show where things are going and that's something that's worth knowing.

Prepositions of direction.

Come on now let's move to the preposition groove!

Use Off when going down or away, or at a distance in a time or a space

Like “keep off the grass” or a week “off school”

Or “I'm off to class” or “get off that stool”

Use ONTO when you put something on something else

Like “put that book back onto the shelf”.

Use OVER to go from one side to another

Like “over the bridge” or “over the summer!”

Prepositions of direction,

Show where things are going and that's something that's worth knowing.

Prepositions of direction.

Come on now let's move to the preposition groove!

Use TO and show where you are heading

Like “I want to go home” or “let's go to the wedding”

Use INTO when you're going inside

Like 'into' a room or into the countryside

A bit like 'in' to indicate a certain space where something could go

Like clothes in a suitcase

Use TOWARDS and explain where it is you are going

Like “I'm going to get up and walk towards him”.

When you use ACROSS remember it's a bit like over

To show you are going from one side to another

Or you could use THROUGH to pass in and out

Like “I cut through the forest when I was walking about”

FROM shows the place where it all began

The start of your journey, like “I came from Milan”

Use ALONG beside a point or an area

Like “along this street” or “along the corridor”

Prepositions of direction,

Show where things are going and that's something that's worth knowing.

Prepositions of direction.

Come on now let's move to the preposition groove!

PAST can be used to show the further side

Like “he rode past the shop when he was riding his bike”

DOWN can indicate a lower place

Like “down the road” or “down the staircase”

The opposite is UP, which shows a higher place

Like “up the road” or “up the staircase”.

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ADAM DAFFURN

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