Prepositions of Movement 2013

7/28/2019 Prepositions of Movement 2013

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1. Fill in the gaps withprepositions.

a) The boy got _________ the school

bus. He looked left and right, and

then he walked _________ the road

b) Get _________ the house and get

_________ the car! It’s time to go to

school.

c)Walk _________ the road for 100 m,

go _________ the cinema, and then

turn left.

d) My dog ran _________me! He

jumped _________ the garden wall.

e) The computer fell _________ the

table.

f) It was so hot that we jumped

_________ the lake with our clothes

on!

g) I’m not going to walk _________ the

stairs to the 10th floor!

h) She walked _________ the room

without saying goodbye to

anyone.

i) The cat climbed _________ the tree,

but it couldn’t climb _________

again.

j) The little boy fell _________ the tree

and broke his leg.

k)My cell phone fell _________ my bag

and _________ the rubbish bin.

l) Paul walked _________ the room and

asked her to dance.

m) Lee got _________ the train just as

it was starting to pull away. He

almost missed it.

n) I looked _________ the window and

saw him.

o) The cat jumped _________ the box

and fell asleep.

p) We drove _________ the country

road without seeing anyone for

hours.

q) She looked _________ him so that

he wouldn’t see her cry.

r) The mother got _________ the car,

but she didn’t put on her seatbelt.

s)She took off her seatbelt and got

_________ the car.

t) He walked right _________ me and

pretended that he didn’t see me.

u) He run and jumped _________ the

little table without touching it.

2. Underline the correct

preposition.

a) She walked up to / past the doorand rang the door bell.

b) It took 20 minutes to walk around

/ from her house to / under the

cinema.

c)Oh no! That policeman is walking

towards / around us.

d) The athletes ran around /

through the track three times.



e) We drove past / round for ages

looking for her house.

f) He walked up to / away from me

and gave me a flower.

g) We gave him a lift through /

from the airport to / towards the

hotel.

h) The mouse ran under / through

the chair to get away from /

around the car.

i) The kids walked around / onto the

back of the house.

j) Don’t walk away from / up to me

when I’m talking to you!

k)Don’t walk across / through the

street so slowly.

l) I looked along / around the room

and finally saw him standing

there.

Answer key

1

a) off; across

b) out of; into

c) along/ down / up ; past

d) away from; over

e) off

f) into

g) up

h) out of

i) up; down

j) out of

k) out of; into

l) across

m) onto

n) out of; through

o) into

p) along

q) away from

r) into

s) out of

t) past

u) over

2.

a) up to

b) from; to

c) towards

d) around

e) round



f) up to

g) from; to

h) under; away from

i) round

j) away from

k) across

l) around

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