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Mind Map by Kim Pruitt, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Kim Pruitt
almost 8 years ago
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Prepositions Showing Direction
- to
- signifies movement
toward a goal.
- I walked to the store.
- I walked to the store.
- signifies movement
toward a goal.
- toward
- movement in a general
direction, without necessarily
arriving at a destination
- The man drove
toward the
shopping center.
- The man drove
toward the
shopping center.
- movement in a general
direction, without necessarily
arriving at a destination
- into
- movement toward the
interior of a volume
- He walked into the woods.
- He walked into the woods.
- movement toward the
interior of a volume
- onto
- movement
toward a
surface
- I jumped onto the
trampoline.
- I jumped onto the
trampoline.
- movement
toward a
surface
- past
- signifies
moving in a
direction so as
to pass by
- We slowly
drove past
the
accident.
- We slowly
drove past
the
accident.
- signifies
moving in a
direction so as
to pass by
- under
- signifies something
moving from one side
to the other by passing
below it
- The car
carefully drove
under the falling
bridge.
- The car
carefully drove
under the falling
bridge.
- signifies something
moving from one side
to the other by passing
below it
- over
- signifies someone or
something moving across the
surface from one side towards
the other
- He slid over the home
base for a score.
- He slid over the home
base for a score.
- signifies someone or
something moving across the
surface from one side towards
the other
- by
- signifies someone or
something moving past
without stopping
- I walked by the
abandoned house.
- I walked by the
abandoned house.
- signifies someone or
something moving past
without stopping