PREPOSITIONS of Movement or Direction
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pei fong chong | PREPOSITIONS OF MOVEMENT AND DIRECTIONS Name : _______________________ ( ) Date :____________________ Complete the paragraph below with suitable prepositions of movement or direction. As we were walking (1) ________________ the hill, it suddenly started to rain. There wasn’t any shelter around as we were already halfway to the top. Luckily, there was a cave nearby and we immediately ran (2) _______________ it. We found ourselves in total darkness when we dashed (3) ______________ the cave. My friend and I quickly took out our torches and shone them about. After a few minutes, we felt brave enough and started walking (4) ______________ the cave. As we were going (5) _______________ a wall, we were surprised to see drawings on it. We took a photograph of them. We continued walking and came to a small stream. We waded (6) _______________ the stream and journeyed on. After a while we came to a narrow passage. We need to crawl (7) _______________ a small hole. It was then we realised that we were lost. We had moved so far (8) _______________ the entrance to the cave and did not know how to go back. Suddenly, someone jumped (9) _______________ a rock just in front of us. We were scared and started screaming. The man called out to us
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Practice on preposition of movement and direction
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pei fong chong | PREPOSITIONS OF MOVEMENT AND DIRECTIONS
Name : _______________________ ( ) Date :____________________
Complete the paragraph below with suitable prepositions of movement or direction.
As we were walking (1) ________________ the hill, it suddenly started to rain. There wasn’t any shelter around as we were already halfway to the top. Luckily, there was a cave nearby and we immediately ran (2) _______________ it.
We found ourselves in total darkness when we dashed (3) ______________ the cave. My friend and I quickly took out our torches and shone them about. After a few minutes, we felt brave enough and started walking (4) ______________ the cave.
As we were going (5) _______________ a wall, we were surprised to see drawings on it. We took a photograph of them. We continued walking and came to a small stream. We waded (6) _______________ the stream and journeyed on.
After a while we came to a narrow passage. We need to crawl (7) _______________ a small hole. It was then we realised that we were lost. We had moved so far (8) _______________ the entrance to the cave and did not know how to go back.
Suddenly, someone jumped (9) _______________ a rock just in front of us. We were scared and started screaming. The man called out to us and told us to calm down. He told us that he was a cave explorer. We heaved a sigh of relief.
The man led us (10) _______________ the cave safely. We were grateful and promised him that we would be careful in the future.
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pei fong chong | PREPOSITIONS OF MOVEMENT AND DIRECTIONS
Name : _______________________ ( ) Date :____________________ Common prepositions of movement and their meanings.
_____________to show movement from one side of an area to the other side
_____________to show movement that goes on one end of something and comes out from the other
_____________to show movement that is up to and beyond something
He swam _____________ the lake happily.
The bird tried to fly _____________ the hole in the tree.
SuperOcto flew _____________ the nuclear missle.
_____________to show movement that is in one direction usually following the length of something
_____________to show movement to a place inside something
_____________to show movement from the inside to the outside of something
We saw a caveman dragging a dinosaur _____________ the pavement.
A frog climbed _____________ my shoe.
The frog is climbing _____________ the sock.
_____________to show movement that is higher than something, without touching it
_____________to show movement of something to a distance from something else
_____________to show movement from one surface to another
Anna jumped _____________ the fence.
Lassie ran _____________ that smelly skunk.
The rhinoceros tried to jump _____________ the back of the motorcycle.
