Things and people move, so you need to know some more prepositions to show the movement or direction.
Some of these might look familiar, some might be new, but they all show movement or direction:-
across |
along
down
in / into
off |
onto |
over
past
round
through | to |
towards
!Note - Americans tend to say "around" instead of "round"
The ball is rolling down the hill.
Sam is chasing Spooky round the bowl.
Oh no! The paint is falling off the table and onto the floor.
The rabbit is popping out of the hat.
The plane is flying over the mountain.
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Do you remember Nicole and Frank? Here Nicole is telling Frank about their two naughty pets; Sam the dog and Spooky the cat. |
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“Well, I was sat on a chair in the lounge and Sam suddenly chased Spooky towards me, and round the chair."
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"Then they ran through the door, past me and
into the dining room.” |
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“Spooky was so frightened she jumped on the table in the dining room, ran across it and knocked the vase that was on the table over, it fell off the table, onto the floor and broke into little pieces!"
"Then Spooky jumped in the box that was under the table.”
Sam ran under the box. I started shouting at him, but then Spooky jumped out of the box, and they both ran to the back door, and into the garden. Finally Sam chased Spooky along the garden path and up the tree.”
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"I had to call the firebrigade, to get her down!" "Hmm," said Frank. "I guess Sam is in the doghouse. Maybe he needs to go to training classes." |
“You will not believe what a crazy day I had, Frank!” said Nicole. 
“Why? What happened?” asked Frank.
