The hikers walked up the hill.

Example of preposition of direction. Preposition of direction indicate movement from one place to another. Towards This road leads towards the sea. Preposition of Direction Preposition of direction specifies where the user needs to go or where to put something.

He sent a message to his mother. The images below demonstrate the direction of the red ball in relation to the blue object. Then he moved to Europe and started living in Italy.

Down We saw you walking down Oxford Street. They told stories around the campfire. The ducks are eating along the river.

Up The fish were swimming up the river. On the other side of My friend lives across the street from me. Examples of Preposition of Place and Direction.

Prepositions of place and direction describe the position of a person or thing with respect to the other person or thing. A preposition is a short word for example at in or by that is most commonly used to show the relation between two nouns two pronouns or a noun and a pronoun. The red ball is rolling away from the blue box Scroll down for example sentences usage notes and direction preposition exercises.

Here we explain some of the Prepositions of Direction in English and when and how to use them with examples. Into emphasizes the idea of penetrating a space. It is wrong to say Ahmad entered into the room we can only enter the arrangement.