Prepositions of Direction Latest English Grammar Study Material

Prepositions of Direction

Recently Prepositions of direction indicate that something is headed for or directed to somewhere. Prepositions of direction include prepositions such as into, on, onto, through, too, toward.

Examples:

We watched the bus disappear into the tunnel.
A fly settled on my bread while I was eating it..
My mom must have put the pumpkin onto someone else’s trolley in the supermarket.
The bullet had gone through his head, but he survived.
The teacher has gone to the loo again.
The snake slithered toward the bullfrog.

These prepositions show the direction of movement from somewhere, and some of the prepositions used here are away from, from, off, out.

Examples:

He warned them to keep away from his apple tree..
Two tigers walking around are reported to have escaped from the circus..
The strong wind blew the wig off his head.
Everyone ran out of the door when the fire started.

reposition	Meaning	Example
above	higher relative to something else	The milk is above the soda in the refrigerator.
across	on the other side of	My friend lives across the street from me.
along	beside	The ducks are eating along the river.
among	within a group	The girl was sitting among her friends.
around	in a circular way	They told stories around the campfire.
at	indicates a particular point	Meet me at the stop sign.
behind	at the back of	The employees parked behind the store.
below	lower relative to something else	I hung the poster below the mirror.
beside	next to	Come stand beside me.
close to	near	The flowers are close to the produce section.
over	above	The spices are over the sink.
through	from one point to the next	The river runs through the woods.
toward	in the direction of	The man started walking toward the exit.
up	from low to high	The store is right up the road.
down	from high to low	The boy tumbled down the hill.
between	in the space separating two things	The ring fell between the couch cushions.
by	near	The thrift store is by the church.
inside/in	within	Have you ever been inside an abandoned building?
near	close by	The movie theater is by the interstate.
next to	beside	The library is next to the post office.
on	touching something	Put the mail on the table.
onto	moving on top of something	The dog climbed onto the bed.
off	away from	Don’t jump off that wall.
past	on the farther side of	She drove right past the house.
under	below something	The cat slept under the bed.

Prepositions of Direction

We watched the bus disappear into the tunnel.

A fly settled on my bread while I was eating it..

My mom must have put the pumpkin onto someone else’s trolley in the supermarket.

The bullet had gone through his head, but he survived.

The teacher has gone to the loo again.

The snake slithered toward the bullfrog.

He warned them to keep away from his apple tree..

Two tigers walking around are reported to have escaped from the circus..

The strong wind blew the wig off his head.

Everyone ran out of the door when the fire started.

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