A student from a lower class asks you to help her illustrate for her class, the use of different prepositions.
In groups of four, choose one of the following lists of prepositions and draw simple pictures to illustrate their meaning.
| Time | Place | Movement |
| since | on | through |
| at | in | along |
| until | behind | across |
| for | beside | down |
| after | above | round |
Solution
A. Place – deniting Prepositions
(a) In
Place : The teacher is in the class.
Time : The teacher will be back in five minutes.
(b) Behind
Place : He sat behind nie.
Time : The train is running behind time.
(c) Beside
Place : He stood beside me.
Movement : He was running beside me.
(d) Above
Place : He lives in the flat. just above ours.
Movement : He was hanging a picture above the mantelpiece
B. Movement – denoting Prepositions
(a) Through
Movement : We were passing through a forest at that time.
Place : We marched through the town.
(b) Along
Movemnent : The trees seem to be running along the train when it runs fast.
Place : There are trees along the river.
(c) Up
Movement : She climbed up the ladder.
Place : She lives up the Park Street.
(d) Down
Movement : Neeta went down the ladder.
Place : Neeta lives down this street.
(e) Round
Movement : He moved round the tree.
Place : He toured round the world.
