FROM

TO The cat went The cat came

starting at a
used to say where someone
to the garden particular place or from the garden
or something goes
position
ON(TO)1
OFF
used to say that someone The cat jumped The cat jumped
not on something, or
or something moves to a
onto the table removed from off the table
position on a surface, area,
something
or object

IN(TO)2
The cat ran OUT OF The cat ran
to the inside or inner part
of a container, place, area from inside an
into the kitchen out of the kitchen
etc object, container,
building, or place
UP The cat ran DOWN The cat ran
towards a higher place or to or towards a lower
position up the stairs place or position down the stairs

UNDER
OVER The mechanic
The cat jumped below or at a lower
above or higher than
level than something, went
something, without over the fence
or covered by under the car
touching it
something
1. After fall and drop it is more natural to use on as a preposition:
He fell on the floor with a thud./ He dropped down on the floor and hid under the table
2. After fall, jump and look it is more natural to use in as a preposition: VERBS OF MOVEMENT
The dog slipped and fell in the water.
I told him to go and jump in a lake. /Look in the drawer and see if it’s there. When we want to talk about a movement,
ALONG its direction and its nature, there are
from one place on something He’s walking
such as a line, road, or edge along the street various ways of doing this:
towards the other end of it
a) We can use three separate words for the
ACROSS The cat ran three ideas.
from one side of something
to the other across the street She CAME + INTO the room + RUNNING.
AROUND b) We can use a verb which includes the
The cat ran
surrounding or on all sides
of something or someone
around the bed idea of direction, and describe the nature

THROUGH
of the movement separately.
into one side or end of an We drove
She ENTERED the room + RUNNING.
entrance, passage, hole etc through the tunnel
and out of the other side or end c) Or we can use a verb which makes clear
PAST We drove
the nature of the movement and describe
up to and beyond a person
or place, without stopping past your house the direction separately.
She RAN + INTO the room.
MORE EXAMPLES:
John climbed through the window into the kitchen./ There was a knock on the door and a young In English, the third of these solutions is
woman came into the room./ There's a bug crawling up your leg./ He was hit by a car when he the most common.
tried to cross over the road/I usually cycle through the park to get to school./ Diving off the
cliffs is dangerous./ No American should have to drive out of town to breathe clean air./ He These are some verbs which express
dropped down onto the floor and hid under the table./ A tree had fallen across the road and movement:
blocked it./ Another car flew past me and turned to the left./ Her long hair flowed down her
back./ John got into his car and drove off./ The road goes through the middle of the forest./ CLIMB – COME – CRAWL – CROSS - CYCLE –
Everyone seemed to hurry from one place to another./ My cat always jumps up onto the table
DIVE – DRIVE – DROP – FALL – FLY – FLOW
when I'm trying to work./ Something was moving through the trees./ We passed through the
gates into a courtyard behind./ In 1469 Ferdinand rode across the mountains to marry Isabella./ – GET – GO - HURRY – JUMP – MOVE –
I ran down the stairs as fast as I could./ She always wanted to sail around the world./ We all PASS – RIDE – RUN – SAIL – SIT - SKI –
used to sit around the kitchen table/They skied down a hill yesterday./The shark swam under
the boat./Columbus travelled from east to west./ She cycled up the street and turned into Long SWIM – TRAVEL – TURN - WALK
Road./ Carrie walked
walked into the room and sat down in her chair.