Question

Prepositions of direction show us to where or in which direction something moves.

Here are some of the most common.

 

Examples:

 

over - The young woman is jumping over the puddle.

above - The picture hangs above my bed.

onto - The cat jumped onto the roof.

on - The photo hangs on the wall.

toward - When I saw Jamil, he was walking toward his office.

to - We went to London last week.

into  - He is walking into the house.

under - The secret tunnel ran under the Berlin Wall.

out of - The cat jumped out of the window.

from - He lives in Canada but he’s from New York.

beside - Our house is beside the supermarket.

away from - Stay away from Tom.