Name : _______________________ (

Date :____________________

Complete the paragraph below with suitable prepositions of movement or

direction.

As we were walking (1) ________________ the hill, it suddenly started to rain.

There wasnt any shelter around as we were already halfway to the top. Luckily, there
was a cave nearby and we immediately ran (2) _______________ it.
We found ourselves in total darkness when we dashed (3) ______________ the
cave. My friend and I quickly took out our torches and shone them about. After a few
minutes, we felt brave enough and started walking (4) ______________ the cave.
As we were going (5) _______________ a wall, we were surprised to see
drawings on it. We took a photograph of them. We continued walking and came to a small
stream. We waded (6) _______________ the stream and journeyed on.
After a while we came to a narrow passage. We need to crawl (7)
_______________ a small hole. It was then we realised that we were lost. We had
moved so far (8) _______________ the entrance to the cave and did not know how to
go back.
Suddenly, someone jumped (9) _______________ a rock just in front of us. We were
scared and started screaming. The man called out to us and told us to calm down. He
told us that he was a cave explorer. We heaved a sigh of relief.
The man led us (10) _______________ the cave safely. We were grateful and
promised him that we would be careful in the future.

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Date :____________________

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Common prepositions of movement and their meanings.

_____________

_____________

_____________

to show movement from

one side of an area to the
other side

to show movement that

goes on one end of
something and comes out
from the other

to show movement that is

up to and beyond
something

He swam _____________
the lake happily.

The bird tried to fly

_____________
the hole in the tree.

SuperOcto flew
_____________
the nuclear missle.

_____________

_____________

_____________

to show movement that is

in one direction usually
following the length of
something

to show movement to a
place inside something

to show movement from

the inside to the outside of
something

We saw a caveman
dragging a dinosaur
_____________
the pavement.

A frog climbed
_____________
my shoe.

The frog is climbing

_____________
the sock.

_____________

_____________

_____________

to show movement that is

higher than something,
without touching it

to show movement of
something to a distance
from something else

to show movement from

one surface to another

Anna jumped
_____________

Lassie ran
_____________

The rhinoceros tried to

jump _____________

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the fence.

that smelly skunk.

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the back of the

motorcycle.