Prepositions of movement
To talk about how something is moving. It is different to walk through a forest than to walk around it, for example.
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into
move inside something
- She wanted to go into the house.
towards
move in the direction of something
- To get into the house, first she walked towards the building.
through
move from one side of something to the other through the middle
- She came into the house through the door.
up
move to a higher position
- She walked up the stairs to get to the floor above.
down
move to a lower position
- She forgot something, so she went down the stairs again.
over
move from one side to another, by going above something e.g. an obstacle
- She thought about jumping over the clothes on the floor.
past
move beyond something by going by the side of it.
- She decided to walk past the clothes on the floor.
out of
move from the inside of something to the outside
- The banana fell out of the fridge.
off
move up from a surface or position
- She picked up the banana off the floor.
away from
move in a direction that creates distance from something
- She ran away from the spider in fright.
around
move following a curved line
- She went around the table.
across
move from one side to another, typically horizontally
- She walked across the street.
from/to
these prepositions indicate the starting and ending point of a movement
- She walked from her house to the supermarket.