11 Prepositions of place and movement

Joe

Sue

Penny

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Rick

1 a Look at the pictures. Fill in the gaps with 2 Choose the correct prepositions in these
these prepositions of movement. sentences.
1 They walked across /down the park to the hotel.
out of  through  across  up  down  into
2 It was a very cold day so they stayed outside/
1 Rick is getting out of his car. inside.
2 Penny is getting her car. 3 They looked down/up and watched the birds fly
3 An old man is walking the street. over the house.
4 Joe is walking the stairs. 4 Gerry got into/out of his car and drove home.
5 The dog is going the stairs. 5 You walk through/below this door and his office
6 The cat is climbing the window. is on your left.
b  Look at the pictures again. Fill in the gaps 6 Your keys are on top of/into the fridge.
with these prepositions of place. 7 It took us six hours to walk up/down the
mountain and only two hours to walk up/down.
below  above  inside  outside  ​
between  ​on top of
8 Our restaurant is between/inside a bank and a

a The picture is the clock. clothes shop.

b The clock is the picture. 9 Samantha got into/out of the taxi and walked

c The CD player is the bookcase. through/across the road to meet her friends.
d The coffee table is the armchair 10 They lived in a small flat above/across a shop.

and the sofa. 11 Our dog doesn’t come in the house, he stays

e Sue and Joe are . inside/outside in the garden.

f Rick and Penny are . 12 He looked out of/inside the window of the plane
at the city above/below him.

out of; across  10 above  11 outside  12 out of; below 2   2 inside  3 up  4 into  5 through  6 on top of  7 up; down  8 between  9
top of  d between  e inside  f outside 1 a 2 into  3 across  4 down  5 up  6 through  1 b  a below  b above  c on

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