REPOSITIONS OF MOVEMENT

A. Choose the correct preposition: up 1. We walked to the top of the mountain and then we cycled
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to the bottom again.

into

2. We both jumped

the swimming pool at the same time.

across

3. When I finished high school I drove of my friends.

Europe in a caravan with two

4. In some countries it's considered unlucky to walk 5. The athletes ran

around

under

a ladder.

the track for 1 hour.

off

6. You must always wear a helmet when you cycle in case you fall bike. 7. The first person to swim in 1875.
across

the

the English Channel was Mathew Webb,

8. He broke his ankle when he was trying to jump

over

a hump in his street.

around

9. Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese sailor who sailed in the 16th Century. 10. In PE classes we have to climb 11. He was skiing
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the world

a rope in 20 seconds.

the hill when he had the accident.

12. I would never do base jumping. I think it's really dangerous to jump
off

a building even if you have a parachute.

over

13. Stunt motorcyclists sometimes jump 14. The boat sailed

along

cars or even buses.

the river up to the sea.

15. Get

out of

of the car now! I have to take you to school.

across

16. Drivers in the Paris-Dakar drive 17. Our class walked

through

the Sahara desert.

a beautiful forest during our last school trip.

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18. If you are afraid of heights don't look mountain. 19. The teacher walked down. 20. If I walk
through into

when you are climbing the

the class, so we stopped talking and sat

that door, I will never come back.

B. Now write the correct preposition under each picture. Use capital letters.

the swimming pool hill the swing

the chair the forest

the ladder

the

the hurdle

the river

the desert