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Prepositions of Movement – Worksheet 1

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This worksheet practises prepositions of movement such as into, out of, across, through, along, past, onto and off. It is designed for A2 learners who want to describe how people, animals and vehicles move from one place to another. Learners also use these prepositions in questions and negative sentences.

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Exercise 1: Match the meanings

Match each description with the correct preposition from the box. There are two extra prepositions.

Example: go from the top of the stairs to the bottom → down

Word box acrossintoout ofupdownthroughpastaroundoffunder

  1. go from one side of a street to the other side

  2. go inside a room or building

  3. leave a car, room or building

  4. go from a lower place to a higher place, e.g. a hill

  5. go in at one end of a tunnel and out at the other end

  6. go by a person or a building without stopping

  7. move in a circle, e.g. a lake or a table

  8. leave the surface of something, e.g. a horse or a bike

Exercise 2: Complete the sentences

Complete each sentence with a preposition from the box. Use each word once. There are two extra words.

Example: The man swam ___ the river to the other side. → across

Word box alongoverundertowardsoffontotofrombehindat

  1. We walked the river for an hour and looked at the boats.

  2. The horse jumped the fence.

  3. The small boat went the bridge.

  4. The dog ran me, but it stopped before it reached me.

  5. Get the bus at the next stop – the museum is there.

  6. The cat jumped the sofa and went to sleep.

  7. Every morning I go school by bus.

  8. This train goes Madrid to Lisbon.

Exercise 3: Opposites

Complete each sentence with the opposite of the preposition in brackets.

Example: She ran ___ (down) the stairs. → up

  1. Lucy walked (out of) the kitchen and opened the fridge.

  2. Please get (into) the taxi slowly.

  3. The children climbed (down) the hill to see the view from the top.

  4. Jack jumped (onto) the wall and landed on the grass.

  5. We didn't run (up) the stairs because we were tired.

  6. Did the plane fly (the opposite of 'under') the clouds?

  7. Is this bus going (from) the city centre?

Exercise 4: Find the mistake

Each sentence has one mistake. Write the correct sentence.

Example: He walked through of the forest. → He walked through the forest.

  1. She walked across of the road.

  2. I usually go to home after school.

  3. The children ran into of the classroom.

  4. Go past at the bank and turn left.

  5. The bird flew trough the open window.

  6. They didn't went up the mountain.

  7. We arrived to the station at six o'clock.

Exercise 5: Put the words in order

Put the words in the correct order to make sentences and questions.

Example: walked / the / she / into / room → She walked into the room.

  1. ran / the / dog / across / road / the

  2. walked / we / the / along / beach

  3. you / did / swim / the / river / across / ?

  4. didn't / she / the / stairs / up / go

  5. the / cat / jumped / the / onto / table

  6. through / the / train / went / tunnel / the / long

  7. why / you / did / out of / run / the / house / ?

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Printable A2 worksheet on prepositions of movement: into, out of, across, through, past, along, up, down and more. Includes questions and negatives.

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Prepositions of movementinto / out of, onto / offacross, through, along, pastup, down, over, underQuestions and negatives

Notes for teachers

Start by acting out the prepositions or drawing simple arrows on the board before learners do Exercise 1. Common mistakes include adding 'of' after across or into, saying 'go to home', and using 'arrive to' instead of 'arrive at'. Learners also often mix up across (from one side to the other of a flat surface) and through (inside something, such as a tunnel or forest). As a follow-up, ask pairs to give each other directions from the classroom to another place in the school using at least five prepositions of movement.

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