Lesson 5. Prepositions of Movement and Direction
Introduction
In this lesson, you'll learn the English prepositions for movement, direction, and travel. At the end of the lesson is a short story to help you improve your English reading and listening skills.
Annonce
Prepositions
This lesson focuses on the English prepositions for movement, direction, and travel. These include:
- to
- into
- onto
- out of
- from
- toward
- across
- through
These prepositions help you describe how someone or something moves from one place to another. They answer questions like:
- Where are you going?
- Where does the movement start?
- What path does something take?
To
To indicates a destination.
| I’m going to the park. | Je vais au parc. |
| She walked to her friend’s house. | Elle a marché jusqu'à la maison de son amie. |
Into
Into is used to show an object is entering a space or area.
| He went into the kitchen. | Il est allé dans la cuisine. |
| The dog ran into the garden. | Le chien a couru dans le jardin. |
Onto
Onto is used to show an object is moving onto a surface.
| The cat jumped onto the counter. | Le chat a sauté sur le comptoir. |
| The glass fell onto the floor. | Le verre est tombé par terre. |
Out of
Out of is used to show a person or object is leaving a space.
| She walked out of the room. | Elle est sortie de la pièce. |
| The bird flew out of the tree. | L'oiseau est sorti de l'arbre. |
From
From is used to show a starting point.
| I came from school. | Je viens de l'école. |
| This letter is from my sister. | Cette lettre vient de ma sœur. |
Toward
Toward is used to indicate movement to a destination.
| He walked toward the station. | Il a marché vers la gare. |
| The dog ran toward me. | Le chien a couru vers moi. |
Through
Through is used to show movement from one side of an enclosed space to the other.
| She drives through the tunnel. | Elle traverse le tunnel. |
| We walked through the park. | Nous avons traversé le parc. |
Across
Across is used to show movement from one side of a surface or line to the other.
| We walked across the bridge. | Nous avons traversé le pont. |
| The cat ran across the street. | Le chat a traversé la rue en courant. |
Lire l’anglais
| The day is warm and sunny. The sky is blue with a few white clouds. Mark walks along the shore, looking at the waves on the ocean and the boats in the distance. He hears people laughing. He turns to look and sees a family walking a black dog. Mark waves at the family, then walks towards a café he sees in the distance. He climbs up some stairs and walks along the grey sidewalk until he reaches the café. He enters the café and walks up to the counter. | La journée est chaude et ensoleillée. Le ciel est bleu avec quelques nuages blancs. Mark marche le long du rivage, regardant les vagues sur l’océan et les bateaux au loin. Il entend des gens rire. Il se retourne pour regarder et voit une famille qui promène un chien noir. Mark salue la famille, puis marche vers un café qu’il aperçoit au loin. Il monte des escaliers et marche le long du trottoir gris jusqu’au café. Il entre dans le café et se dirige vers le comptoir. |
| "What would you like?", asks a lady with long, brown hair. | « Que désirez-vous ? », demande une dame aux longs cheveux bruns. |
| "How much are the muffins?", Mark asks. | « Combien coûtent les muffins ? », demande Mark. |
| "Two dollars and fifteen cents," she replies. | « Deux dollars et quinze cents, » répond-elle. |
| "A blueberry muffin and a large coffee please." | « Un muffin aux myrtilles et un grand café, s'il vous plaît. » |
| "That's four dollars and twenty cents," she says as she pours the coffee. | « C’est quatre dollars et vingt cents », dit-elle en versant le café. |
| Mark pays the lady, then brings his coffee and muffin to a table outside. He takes a sip of his coffee as he looks at the ocean. | Mark paie la dame, puis apporte son café et son muffin à une table à l'extérieur. Il boit une gorgée de son café en regardant l'océan. |
Vocabulaire anglais
| day | jour |
| sunny | ensoleillé |
| cloud | nuage |
| sky | ciel |
| wave | vague |
| ocean | océan |
| distance | distance |
| hears | entend |
| turns | se tourne |
| sees | voit |
| family | famille |
| waves | salue |
| climbs | grimpe |
| sidewalk | trottoir |
| reaches | atteint |
| enters | entre dans |
| What would you like? | Que désirez-vous? |
| asks | demande |
| hair | cheveux |
| replies | réponses |
| says | dit |
| pours | verse |
| pays | paye |
| brings | apporte |
| table | table |
Quiz
Fill in the blank with the best preposition for each question.
