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Prepositions of Movement

Prepositions of direction and movement are used to talk about the location of things and their movements from one place to another.

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Prepositions are always followed by a "noun", never followed by a verb.
• Noun (cat, money, love)
• Proper Noun (name) (London, Tom)
• Pronoun (you, her, us)
• Noun Group (my first house)
• Gerund (swimming)

Here is a list of the most common prepositions of movement, with example sentences for each one:
• across : movement from one side to the other side of something
• around : movement passing something in a curved route, not going through it
• away from : indicating the point where a movement begins
• down : movement from a higher point to a lower point of something
• from : indicating the point where a movement begins
• into : movement to an enclosed space; movement resulting in physical contact
• off : movement away from (and often down from) something
• on to, onto : movement to the top surface of something
• out of : indicating the enclosed space where a movement begins
• over : movement above and across the top or top surface of something
• past : movement from one side to the other side of something
• to : movement in the direction of something
• through : movement in one side and out of the other side of something
• towards / toward (mostly AmE): movement in the direction of something
• under : movement directly below something
• up : movement from a lower point to a higher point of something

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