britishversion: PREPOSITION OF MOVEMENT

7 dic 2010

TO:
We use to to show movement with the aim of a specific destination.

EXAMPLE:
I moved to Germany in 1998.
He's gone to the shops.

He carried the rubbish to the bin

THROUGH:
We use through to show movement from one side of an enclosed space to the other.

EXAMPLE:

The train went through the tunnel.

The train came through the tunnel.

ACROSS:
We use across to show movement from one side of a surface or line to another.

EXAMPLE:

She swam across the river.
He swam across the channel.

ALONG:

EXAMPLE:
He walked along the road

DOWN:

EXAMPLE:

He skied down the mountain.

OVER:

EXAMPLE:

They walked over the bridge.

OFF:

EXAMPLE:

The man ran off the cliff.

ROUND:

EXAMPLE:

The arrow is moving round the ball.

INTO:

EXAMPLE:

The man poured the sand into the timer.

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