Preposizio preposizioni di stato in luogo preposizioni di moto

ni di luogo

in interno di un luogo chiuso

The kids are in the garden

continenti, paesi, città, strade senza

numero civico
Sheila lives in Scotland

grandi isole, arcipelaghi e catene

montuose
In Sardinia it is boiling hot(fa
caldissimo)

punti cardinali
Venice is in the north-east of Italy

libri riviste giornali

There are interesting articles in the
National Geographic

at punto preciso
Her office is at the corner of Fulham
street.

luogo con riferimento alla sua

funzione
He works at the hospital

strade con numero civico

They live at 105 Burton street

numeri di pagina
Open your book at page 9

on su o sopra con contatto

The book is on the sofa

un luogo lungo una linea retta

Can you see the boats on the Hudson
River?

piccole isole e montagne

There are beautiful beaches on the
island of Pantelleri

to direzione verso cui ci si dirige

Robert goes to the cinema

from origine o provenienza

Sue is from England

above sopra, al di sopra senza contatto

The helicopter is flying above the
 forest

across al di là, sull’altro lato attraverso, da una parte all’altra

The school is across the bridge Ben is travelling across Africa

against contro con contatto

She leaned against the wall

along lungo, da un punto all’altro lungo, da un punto all’altro

There are many bathing I like walking along the beach
establishments on the beach

among fra più elementi

A beer is flying among the roses

(a)round intorno attorno, per, senza una direzione

Look at the girls (a)round him precisa
Let’s have a look around

behind dietro
The cat slept behind the sofa

below sotto ma non sulla stessa verticale

The village lies behind the Dolomites

beside/ di fianco, accanto

next to The cinema is beside the
supermarket
Sit next to me

between fra due elementi

I’m sitting between mum and dad

beyond oltre, al di là
Tom’s house is beyond that cliff

by/ close vicino

to/ near There’s a campsite by the lake
Milla’s office is close to the bus stop
I saw a bank near the post office

in front of davanti
Don’t stand in front of me!

inside dentro, all’interno

It’s dark inside the room

opposite di fronte
There’s a bank opposite our house

outside fuori, all’esterno

We’re meeting outside the pub

over su,sopra sopra, al di là di

They una a picture over the bed Why are you jumping over the gate?
 through attraverso attraverso
I looked through the windows She’s going through the metal
detector now

under sotto (sulla stessa verticale)

There is the cat under the bed

away from via da

Go away from the room!

as far as/ fino a

up to Drive straight as far as the
roundabout
They walked up to the waterfalls

down giù
The ball rolled down the hill

into in, dentro

The dog jumped into the puddle

onto/up su
The at jumped onto the tree
They are hiking up the mountain

off giù da
The thief jumped off the roof

out of fuori da
They went out of the building

past oltre
Go past the cinema

round intorno
The Indians used to dance round the
fire

towards verso
He ran towards the castle

NB Arrive, pur essendo un verbo di movimento, è seguito dalla preposizione IN+città/ paese/
continente e AT+luogo circoscritto
I arrived i China
I haven’t arrived at the airport