CCSP English Minute 9

CCSP English Minute

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PREPOSITIONS OF MOVEMENT

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Só para recapitular: prepositions are little words we can put in front of a noun or pronoun to form a prepositional phrase. In the last CCSP English Minute, we talked about “prepositions of place” such as “at”, “in”, “on” etc. These prepositions express location and position. For example: Our biggest client is waiting IN the lobby. The screenwriter put her award ON the shelf.

Today we look at a different kind of preposition: the “preposition of movement”. To make the meaning of each preposition clearer, we have included an illustration with this article. Read the explanations while referring to this illustration in order to get a better idea of how each preposition works.

TO, TOWARD

We use “to” to show a destination. For example: The dog grabbed a paintbrush and ran TO the doghouse. In this case, we know that the doghouse is the dog’s destination. We use “toward” in a different way: to express direction. For example: The clouds are moving TOWARD the city. We don’t know the destination of the clouds. But we know in which direction they are moving.

THROUGH

We use the preposition “through” to say that something “goes in one side and out the other”. For example: The man ran THROUGH the doorway.

AT, IN, ON

These three prepositions show location and position. But they also express movement if used after an action verb. For example: Who threw the baseball AT the boy? The dog jumped IN the doghouse. The boy put his hand ON the doghouse.

INTO, ONTO

These two prepositions are similar to “in” and “on”. The difference is that they emphasize a completed action. For example: The man put the vase INTO the box. Minutes later, the vase fell ONTO the floor. “Into” also means that one thing hits and is stopped by another thing. For example: The man swung a plank INTO another man’s head.

ACROSS, ALONG

“Across” means from “one side to the other”. “Another” means “in a line parallel to”. For example: The dog ran ACROSS the lawn. The man walked ALONG the hallway.

OUT, OUT OF

Both “out” and “out of” express movement from the inside to the outside of something. “Out of” works best with closed spaces. For example: The man ran OUT the door. The vase fell OUT OF the box.

UP, DOWN

These prepositions are opposites and they express movement from a lower to a higher position (or vice versa). For example: The dog ran UP the hill. The man fell DOWN the stairs.

OFF

This preposition means “away from”. For example: The painting fell OFF the wall.

PAST

This preposition means “going close to, then beyond”. For example: The man walked PAST the other man.

OVER, UNDER

These two prepositions are also opposites and they express movement in a higher or lower position, directly above or below. For example: The cloud passed OVER the house. The man walked UNDER the light bulb.

ROUND

This final preposition of movement means “to move or rotate around something”. For example: The insect flew ROUND the light bulb

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