by vitikhola

PREPOSITIONS OF MOVEMENT

Circle the correct preposition.

He’s going into / out of the cave.

He’s getting on / of the plane.

He’s going away from / out of the cave.

He’s riding over / out of the mountain.

He’s riding toward / past the mountain.

He’s riding toward / away from the mountain.

He’s swimming over / around the shark.

She’s running along / through the forest.

He’s running away from / toward the dragon.

He’s getting of / on the plane.

Write the opposite.
e.g. up – down

into - ________________,

toward - _________________,

onto - ___________,

under - _______________,

through - ________________,

away from - ____________,

out of - _______________,

over - ___________________,

off - _______________,

past - ________________.


Write the correct preposition.

The Snowball forest ghost.
Are you afraid of ghosts? I’m not. I can tell you why.
It happened some years ago. I was driving home after tiring working day. It was
getting dark. The road was going 1
_____________ a small forest.
People believed that the forest was haunted. The locals told different stories
about the ghosts that usually came 2
_____________ when it was dark.

“Just like now”, I thought. “But the road is short. I will go 3
it quickly”.

___________

Suddenly my car engine stopped. I got angry because I was hungry and
exhausted. I came 4
__________ my car and looked at the forest. Right at
this moment I heard a sound. I looked up and saw a strange object running
_____________ me. I quickly jumped
closed the door. The object jumped

9

_______________, 10

7

6

_______ and

___________ and 11

5

_____________ the car and
8

__________,

______________________ my

car, was going 12
_________________ and coming 13
_________________.
I couldn’t understand what it was. It looked like a ghost but very fast and noisy.
At last it disappeared. Everything was quiet again. I opened my car carefully
and slowly came 14
_____________. Suddenly the white noisy ghost ran

quickly 15
_____________ me and jumped 16
____________ the
driver’s seat. Was it going to drive?? A ghost-driver?? I pulled all my courage
together and looked 17
__________ the car. To my great relief it wasn’t a
ghost. It was my neighbors’ dog Snowball. Snowball got lost a week ago when
my neighbors, the Browns, went to the forest for a picnic. He ran after a
squirrel and couldn’t find the way back. He had his funny name because of his
color, he was absolutely white. Well, I fixed the car and drove Snowball home.
Polly Brown, a ten years old girl, was so happy to have her pet back. Snowball


was her 7th birthday present. Now every time I drive 18
_______________ that forest I remember this story. I even called that place
Snowball forest. So, don’t be afraid of ghosts. Maybe they are friendly, funny,
fluffy and lost.