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Grammar: Prepositions of movement, time and place.

1.- Directions: we use the infinitive without a subject Go under the bridge

2.- Prepositions of movement :

Opposites: Up / down, Over / under, From / to, Into / out of, Through / past, Across / along.

Preposition Meaning Example 1.- TO A / hacia I go to school by bus 2.- ACROSS Cruzar de un The boat will take you across the river lado a otro 3.- ALONG A lo largo de The street runs along the seafront 4.- AROUND/ ROUND Alrededor You must drive around the park de / rodear 5.- DOWN abajo I prefer to ride my bike down the hill 6.- INTO En / dentro Don’t go into your sister’s room! de 7.- OFF Más lejos / Get your feet off the sofa! fuera 8.- ONTO En / sobre You can get onto the bus here 9.- OVER Por encima de The cat jumped over the dog / arriba de 10.- PAST Por delante Walk past the theatre and on the right you de can find the cinema. 11.- THROUGH A través de / We must turn on the light when passing Unit 6 Footprints 5

por through the tunnel 12.- TOWARD (S) Hacia / con Who is that woman running towards us? dirección a 13.- UP Hacia arriba We climbed up this hill last summer 14.- OUT OF Hacia fuera / Don’t leave your schoolbag out of your fuera de desk! 15.- FROM / TO Desde / hasta I walk everyday from my house to school

To or Towards: In or Into: To (arrived) In (place) She went to the shop The book is in my bag. Towards (that direction, but we don’t Into (movement) know if arrived or not) I will put the book into your bag! She went towards the shop. Over or Above: On or Onto: Over (place and movement) On (place) I went over the bridge. The book is on the desk Above (movement) Onto (movement) The bird flew above us. She climbed onto the chair. Unit 6 Footprints 5

Choose and complete: along / down / to /from/ to / out of / into / into / up. 1.- It´s a beautiful day. Come on, let´s go for a walk ______the river. 2.- Beth took a camera ______her bag and started taking photos. 3.- How far is it ______your house ______the cinema? 4.- We couldn´t get ______the house because we didn´t have the key. 5.- George fell ______the stairs and broke his leg. 6.- The dog jumped ______the river and started swimming. 7.- Ben and Eric climbed ______the ladder to the tree house. 8.- We went ______a fantastic new Chinesse restaurant on her birthday.

3.- Prepositions of time AT: Parts of the day: in the morning, in the The time: at half past one afternoon, in the evening. Expressions: at the moment, at present. Parts of the day: at night, at midnight, at midday. Eating time: at lunch time, at dinner time, at breakfast time,… Short holidays: at Christmas , at Easter, …

ON: Days : on Monday, on Tuesday afternoon, … Dates : on 20th July, … Specific day : on Christmas Day, on New Year´s Day…

IN: Centuries : in the 20th century, … Years : in 2009 Months: in August,… Seasons: in Autumn,… Unit 6 Footprints 5

Complete with at, on or in: 1.- The film finished _____ midnight. 2.- I’ll see you ______5 o’clock tomorrow. 3.- ______New Year’s Eve there was a firework display 4.- The office will be closed _____ 27th of December. 5.- What clothes did they use to wear_____ the 17th century. 6.- Oliver is leaving _____ Saturday morning. 7.- They usually eat out _____ weekends. 8.- ______winter most birds fly south. 9.- Are you doing anything _____ Saturday morning? 10.- My birthday is ____ the 1st of August. 11.- Her sister was born _____ 2001. 12.- ______summer evening we eat on the balcony.

4.- Prepositions of Place

Preposition Use Examples 1.- Among in a group I like being among people. 2.- Behind at the back of Our house is behind the supermarket. Death Valley is 86 metres below sea 3.- Below lower than sth. level. 4.- Beside next to Our house is beside the supermarket. sth./sb. is on each Our house is between the supermarket 5.- Between side and the school. 6.- By near He lives in the house by the river. 7.- Close to near Our house is close to the supermarket. 8.- In front the part that is in the Our house is in front of the of direction it faces supermarket. 9.- Inside opposite of outside You shouldn't stay inside the castle. 10.- Near close to Our house is near the supermarket. 11.- Next to beside Our house is next to the supermarket. 12.- Our house is opposite the on the other side Opposite supermarket. 13.- Outside opposite of inside Can you wait outside? 14.- Over above sth./sb. The cat jumped over the wall. 15.- Under below sth. The cat is under the table. 16.- On Sobre Our room is on the first floor Unit 6 Footprints 5

17.- In Dentro We are in Princess Street 18.- At En (buildings) We are at 12, Princess Street