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Prepositions of movement

We use prepositionswith places, objects and people to talk about movement.

down

through

As we walkedacross the river,a frogjumped outofit The cable cars went upanddown the mountain
andtheducks walked along the bank. through the clouds.A blueone went intoa cloud.

over

around
towards

Ann went towards the ice-cream van. Timrode past it. Wesawyou go over the lakeas we were walking around
Threepeoplewalked away from the van. the lake. The boyjumped offtheplatform into the lake.

11 O 25.3 Look at the pictures above. Listen and *13 Complete the sentences with the words inthe box.
answer each question with a colour or number.
along from into off out of ovep up

How duo\zs are ÿ Didthey run over that bridge?
alovu$ the river baÿUe? 1 Howfar is it _ here to the beach?
2 She slowly took the letter _ the envelope,
opened it and read it.
3 Ifell -
the wall and broke my arm.
4 Walk _ this road for 100 metres.
5 You can climb _ the tree but don't go
too high.
*12 Circle the correct option. _
6 She fell the river.
ÿ The ball rolled up / down / along the hill.
1 He walked straight past I off I through me without
even saying'hello'!
2 They're going to drive across / onto / over the USA.
3 Put your hand along / to / into this box.What can
you feel inside?
4 The sheep moved towards / through / along the
corner of the field.
5 How quickly can you run from / towards / around
hereto that gate?
6 Polly chased Ed out of / down / around the table.

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