Tuesday 5 October 2021

UNIT 31 Preposition of Direction TOPICAL GRAMMAR PRACTICE

 

TOPICAL GRAMMAR PRACTICE

UNIT 31

Preposition of Direction

 

EXERCISE A

Choose the correct preposition of direction and write its number in the brackets.


 

1

The bus goes _________ the National Museum.

(1)

along

(2)

across

(3)

past

(4)

down

2

We went for a lovely long walk _________ the river.

(1)

along

(2)

from

(3)

through

(4)

out of

3

The cat jumped _________ its box.

(1)

through

(2)

by

(3)

up

(4)

into

4

I received an email _________ my cousin in Australia.

(1)

to

(2)

from

(3)

across

(4)

along

5

Charles jogs _________ the park every morning.

(1)

out of

(2)

into

(3)

around

(4)

along

6

The boy climbed _________ the tree.

(1)

up

(2)

across

(3)

along

(4)

through

7

Trains always whistle before going _________ tunnels.

(1)

between

(2)

through

(3)

from

(4)

across

8

The river flows _________ a very pretty bridge in the village.

(1)

out of

(2)

into

(3)

along

(4)

under

9

Be careful when you go _________ the busy road.

(1)

across

(2)

through

(3)

from

(4)

into

10

Paul, put the milk back _________ the fridge, please.

(1)

from

(2)

to

(3)

into

(4)

by

11

Children, please remember to take everything _________ your lockers at the end of term.

(1)

into

(2)

around

(3)

out of

(4)

to

12

How far is it _________ Jakarta to Kuala Lumpur?

(1)

into

(2)

by

(3)

from

(4)

to

 

EXERCISE B

Fill in the gaps with the correct preposition of direction from the box. You may use some prepositions more than once.

through

across

over

to

around

under

down

up

 

A keep-fit course

Okay, listen everybody! This is what you have to do. First, you jump (1) ____ the wall and then crawl (2) ____ the net. Next, you have to climb (3) ____ the ladder (4) ____ the top of the wall and then jump (5) ____ carefully. After that, you have to go (6) ____ the tunnel and run (7) ____ the bridge to get to a field. Walk (8) ____ the field until you get (9) ___ the track. Finally, run three times (10) ____ the track and you will have finished!


EXERCISE C

Fill in the gaps with the correct preposition of direction from the box. You may use some prepositions more than once.

across

down

past

along

up

through

under

from

out of

to

 

A long walk

Last weekend, my family and I went for a long walk. We started (1) ____ our house in the middle of the village and took the road that leads out of the village. We walked (2) ____ the road for about an hour and went (3) ____ lots of farms and fields with cows and sheep. Then we took the path that climbed (4) ____ a hill. There were lots of beautiful trees on the hill and I collected leaves as we walked (5) ____ the woods. Then we came to a river and had to walk (6) ____ it for about fifteen minutes before we found a place to jump (7) ____ to the other side of the river. Suddenly it started to rain! We ran (8) ____ a big tree and waited (9) ____ it for the rain to stop. When it stopped we walked (10) ____ the top of the hill. There was a beautiful view so we decided to have our picnic there. Mum got everything (11) ____ the basket and we all sat (12) ____ on the mat and had a lovely meal. Then it was time to go home. By the time we got home we were all very tired but it was a great walk.

ANSWER KEY


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