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Prepositions Of Place
- 1. Prepositions of Place
- 2. What is preposition of place? Express movement toward something: To, onto, and into. To, into, and onto correspond respectively to the prepositions of location at, in, and on
- 3. The Basic Preposition of Direction is To TO: signifies orientation toward a goal When the goal is physical, such as a destination, "to" implies movement in the direction of the goal. For Example:
- 4. We flew from New York to Paris or We flew to Paris
- 5. The other two prepositions of direction are compounds formed by adding "to" to the corresponding prepositions of location The preposition of location determines the meaning of the preposition of direction. ON + TO = onto: signifies movement toward a surface IN + TO = into: signifies movement toward the interior of a volume ("To" is part of the directional preposition toward, and the two mean about the same thing.) For Example
- 6. The frog jump onto the lilypad
- 7. The crab washed up onto the shore
- 8. The hat went on(to) his head
- 9. He put the socks on his feet
- 10. Uses of "into" Uses of "into" With verbs of motion, "into" and "in" are interchangeable except when the preposition is the last word or occurs directly before an adverbial of time, manner, or frequency. In this case only in (or inside) can be used. For Example :
- 11. Spike is lying in his home
- 12. A man is jumping into the pool.
- 13. The man is in the pool
- 14. The person is placing groceries into the shopping bag.
- 15. The person has completed putting groceries in the bag.
- 16. The milk went into the glass.
- 17. The paper went into the garbage.
- 18. Thank You