Unit 3 : Media and Society
“The death of a billionaire is worth more to the media than the lives of a billion poor people.” -
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
GRAMMAR
Prepositions of direction (Page 26)
A. Look at the following prepositions of direction with examples.
Preposition Example
away from Why are you going away from me?
across He walked across the road.
along A soldier walked along the rope.
out of He came out of the room.
up to He came up to her and asked a question.
past The bullet whistled past my right ear.
through The river runs through the woods.
to The is bus goes to Dhankuta.
into The thief jumped into a car and drove away.
round We travelled round the country.
onto The cat climbed onto the roof.
towards He started walking towards the library.
off Don’t jump off that wall
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B. Complete the following sentences using the correct prepositions of direction: to, toward, onto, or into.
a. Prem drove Milan …… the airport.
b. The plane landed …… the runway.
c. The kids climbed …… the monkey bars.
d. Manish and Richa moved the table …… the dining room.
e. Ganesh almost fell …… the river.
f. Lalit and Sarita took the bus that was heading …… the university
ANSWER :
a. Prem drove Milan to the airport.
b. The plane landed onto the runway.
c. The kids climbed onto the monkey bars.
d. Manish and Richa moved the table into the dining room.
e. Ganesh almost fell into the river.
f. Lalit and Sarita took the bus that was heading toward the university
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C. Complete the sentences with the correct preposition from the brackets.
a. While we were hiking …… the forest, we saw a mountain lion. (across/ through/along/under)
b. The leopards walked in a circle …… the baby giraffe before they attacked. (into/towards/round/through)
c. Go …… the building and turn left. (into/up/off/out of)
d. She ran …… home when she was eighteen. (towards/away from/down/ across)
e. Raindrops ran …… the windscreen making it difficult to see the road. (into/up/down/over)
f. Hemanta put the plate …… the table and began to eat his dinner. (onto/ into/up/off)
g. The frightened deer disappeared …… the forest. (up/onto/into/toward)
h. We were driving …… the City Centre when we had an accident. (up/into/ towards/along)
i. The smoke from the fire went …… into the sky. (into/up/to/onto)
ANSWER:
a. While we were hiking through the forest, we saw a mountain lion.
b. The leopards walked in a circle round the baby giraffe before they attacked.
c. Go out of the building and turn left.
d. She ran away from home when she was eighteen.
e. Raindrops ran down the windscreen making it difficult to see the road.
f. Hemanta put the plate onto the table and began to eat his dinner.
g. The frightened deer disappeared into the forest.
h. We were driving towards the City Centre when we had an accident.
i. The smoke from the fire went up into the sky.
