English Word Skills Exercises for A1 – Prepositions of movement and place

1. Match three of the pictures with the prepositions below.

across      along      past      round      through       to

2. Put the prepositions below into five pairs of opposites.

away from      down      into      off      onto      out of

over      towards      under      up

1) away from – towards

2) _____ – ________

3) _____ – ________

4) _____ – ________

5) _____ – ________

3. Choose the correct prepositions to complete the text.

1)  a down  b over  c through

2)  a at  b in  c on

3)  a into  b to  c towards

4)  a at  b on  c in

5)  a out of  b into  c off

6)  a over  b towards  c out of

7)  a along  b across  c under

8)  a at  b in  c on

9)  a along  b under  c over

10)  a in  b by  c on

11)  a in  b by  c on

12)  a at  b in  c by

SURVIVAL IN THE JUNGLE

Juliane Koepcke was seventeen when she travelled with her mother by plane 1) _____ the Amazon rainforest to their home 2) _____ Peru. There was bad weather, and suddenly the plane started to fall from the sky, and crashed 3) _____ the jungle. When Juliane opened her eyes, she wasn’t in the plane. She was 4) _____ the rainforest, and she was alone. She shouted for her mother, but she couldn’t find her. There wasn’t much food – just some sweets. Juliane needed to get 5) _____ the rainforest quickly. She started to walk through the jungle. She climbed 6) _____ tree trunks and crawled 7) _____ bushes. She couldn’t see well because her glasses were missing. So she listened for the sound of water.

Eventually, Juliane arrived 8) _____ a river and she started to walk 9) _____ it. At night she stayed in a tree or 10) _____ the ground 11) _____ the river. She was tired and very hungry and she couldn’t travel fast. After ten days, she arrived at a hut. It belonged to three rainforest workers. When they returned to their hut, they were very surprised! A seventeen-year-old girl was inside!

Now there is a documentary, a film and a book about Juliane’s amazing story of survival 12) _____ the jungle.

4. Choose the correct answers.

1) Holly is going ____________ the shop to buy a newspaper.

a along  b down  c into

2) We walked ____________ the road when the cars stopped.

a across  b off  c past

3) Take the lift to the ground floor or go ____________ the stairs.

a down  b onto  c under

4) Drive ____________ the bridge and then turn right.

a into  b over  c up

5) We can go the long way round or take a shortcut ____________ the wood.

a across  b along  c through

6) The cat jumped ____________ the chair and stayed there all evening.

a onto  b round  c to