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 wasnt 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.
pei fong chong|PREPOSITIONS OF MOVEMENT AND DIRECTIONS
Name : _______________________ (
Date :____________________
/ 10 marks]
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
_____________
Lassie ran
_____________
The rhinoceros tried to
jump _____________
pei fong chong|PREPOSITIONS OF MOVEMENT AND DIRECTIONS
Name : _______________________ (
the fence.
that smelly skunk.
pei fong chong|PREPOSITIONS OF MOVEMENT AND DIRECTIONS
Date :____________________
the back of the
motorcycle.