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Use
1.We use certain prepositions to talk about places and other prepositions to talk about movement to and from places
2.We use prepositions of movement with verbs of movement.
To
To show us where we go and where we stop.
Towards
Towards means we are going in that direction.
From
From shows the point where we start.
From shows where a person was born or lives permanently
Round/around
Round usually describes a circular movement.
or movement in no particular direction.
Between
We can use between when we describe a route
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Into
Into shows we go from outside to a place inside.
Out of
Out of is often the opposite of into.
On/Onto
On/onto usually show movement starting from below and ending on top of something.
We use get+on/onto bicycles,buses,trains.
We use on in the phase on the way.
Off
We use off as the opposite of on or onto.
Up : Vicky ran up the stairs at school because she was late for class.
Down : The squirrel ran down the tree.
With Arrive,Reach and Home
Arrive
We can use in or at with verb arrive.We arrive at small places or particular places.
With cities and countries we usa in with arrive.
Reach
The verb reach means the same as arrive. But we do not use any preposittions with reach.
Home
When we use a verb of movement and the word home,we do not use a preposition.
To talk about someone in their house we use the preposition at with home.
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