Into, through, over (prepositions of movement): A2 ESL grammar lesson (PDF)

What's in the lesson

1Warm-up
2In this lesson
3Reading: the mud runReading comprehension
4What does it mean?Grammar exercise
5Find the ways they movedGrammar exercise
6How things moveGrammar rule
7Which word?Grammar exercise
8A day in the mountainsGrammar exercise
9Build the instructionsGrammar exercise
10Say it naturallySpeaking practice
11Design a mud runSpeaking practice
12About youGrammar exercise
13Wrap-up

Homework

1Homework: which word?Grammar exercise
2Homework: the way to the farmGrammar exercise
3Homework: build the sentencesGrammar exercise
4Homework: my favorite walkDiscussion

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

A few questions about you before we start.

Have you ever run in a race? How far did you run?
When did you last get really dirty? What happened?
Where do you like walking: in the city or in nature? Why?

Grammar rule

How things move

verb of movement + preposition + place

Preposition	The movement	Example
into	from outside to inside	She put the milk into the fridge.
out of	from inside to outside	He took his keys out of his pocket.
up / down	to a higher place / to a lower place	The cat ran up a tree. The ball rolled down the street.
across	from one side to the other side of a flat place: a road, a river, a room	An old man walked across the road.
through	in at one end or side and out at the other: a tunnel, a door, a forest, a crowd	The water runs through a pipe.
along	next to a line, following it: a road, a river, a beach	We rode our bikes along the coast.
past	by something, without stopping	The bus drove past me and didn't stop!
over	from one side to the other, above something: a wall, a fence	The plane flew over our house.
around	in a circle, or along the side of something to get to the other side (not through it)	The moon goes around the Earth.

across or through? across for flat things (a street, a river, a bridge); through when you are inside something (a tunnel, a forest, a door).

Spelling: past, not passed (passed is a verb: We passed the school). through, not throw. out of, not out off. into, across, around and along are one word each.

In everyday American English, people often say in for into after jump, fall and get (jump in the pool, get in the car), and out the door / out the window without of. Both are fine.

On a flat street, up, down and along can mean the same: Walk up / down / along Lake Street. On a hill, up and down show the way.

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