Prepositions Showing Direction

Prepositions Showing Direction

1. to

   • signifies movement toward a goal.
     • I walked to the store.

2. toward

   • movement in a general direction, without necessarily arriving at a destination
     • The man drove toward the shopping center.

3. into

   • movement toward the interior of a volume
     • He walked into the woods.

4. onto

   • movement toward a surface
     • I jumped onto the trampoline.

5. past

   • signifies moving in a direction so as to pass by
     • We slowly drove past the accident.

6. under

   • signifies something moving from one side to the other by passing below it
     • The car carefully drove under the falling bridge.

7. over

   • signifies someone or something moving across the surface from one side towards the other
     • He slid over the home base for a score.

8. by

   • signifies someone or something moving past without stopping
     • I walked by the abandoned house.