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^ Cross out the words that are wrong.

► across the ro a d / the church 7 through the door / the railw ay line
1 along the c o m e r/th e road 8 off the police station / the table
2 up the m o u n ta in /th e table 9 out of the church / the stairs
3 down the church / the stairs 10 under the b rid g e /th e p e o p le
4 over the c o rn e r/th e w all 11 past the flo o r/th e bank
5 i nto the bank /th e bridge 12 across the riv e r/th e w all

6 round the c o rn e r/th e road

^ Choose the correct prepositions and put them in the correct places.

► I went ..tTP...................the stairs and ..PA?.1^ . ..........the passage, {along, into, o u t of, up)

1 Mrs Andrews g o t..........................the taxi and ra n ..........................Oxford Street, {along, round, o u t of, over)
2 Alice w alked..........................the steps to the river a n d ..........................the bridge, {along, down,
through, over)
3 He walked slow ly..........................the road for a few minutes, then he stopped and w e n t........................
a small d o o r..........................a garden. (across, along, into, through)
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4 Mandy w e n t..........................the stairs a n d ...........................her office, took a ette r........................... the
table and started to read it. {into, off, out of, over, up)
5 G o ........................ the supermarket,........................... the railway bridge,...........................the first corner,

and the police station is on your right, {along, down, past, round, under)
6 As soon as I g o t..........................the boat I went straight........................... the town centre to do some
shopping, {into, off, out of, past, through)
7 I g o t........................ bed, w alked............................the bedroom, and looked..........................the window.
It was raining again. (across, into, out of, out of, under)
8 It takes three hours to w a lk..........................the mountain, but you can g e t........................... it in two.
(across, down, over, round, up)

We use to for movement, and at or in for position - where somebody/something is (see pages 278-279).

I w ent to the bus stop to m eet Helen. I w aited at the bus stop for tw enty minutes.
We can use from ... with to ...

He took five days to cycle from London to Edinburgh.
\J\le get to a p la c e , b u t w e arrive at a p la c e , o r arrive in a b ig p la c e (NO T arrive to).

It took three hours to get to Cambridge. I was tired when I arrived at the station.
We arrived in London very early in the m orning.

^ Put in from, to, at or in.

1 Let's g o ....................the country this weekend. 7 1saw Annie standing..................the bus stop.
2 She spends hours....................the bathroom. 8 When we arrived.................. her house she had

3 Shall we d rive..................Scotland or go by train? already left.
4 We flew directly..............Berlin..................Tokyo. 9 Are there tigers.................. Africa?
5 What time do we arrive.................... Paris? 10 It takes me about half an hour to g e t..................
6 After six days'walking, they g o t.................a river. work.

Q Write a few sentences about a journey that you have made, using from, to, at and in.

NOTE: we g e t into a n d out of cars BUT on(to) a n d off buses/trains/planes/ships.

In some answers, both contracted forms (for example I'm, don't) and full PREPOSITIONS 283
forms (for example lam, do not) are possible. Normally both are correct.