2024-05-17 Prepositions of movement – Prepositions with Georgie

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.