Gateway to Grammar: Prepositions of Place and Movement Part 5

It’s part five of Prepositions of Place and Movement, and you know what that means… it means it’s become too difficult to find photos of cats doing things, so I used cartoons!

This week we are looking at the prepositions before, after, with, and alongside.

How to Use the Prepositions Before, After, With, and Alongside

Here are some example sentences to show you how to use each preposition (each sentence matches with the picture of the preposition):

• before - “Tippytoe climbed onto the train tracks before the train arrived.”

• after - “Tippytoe climbed onto the train tracks after the train had passed. It also smelled like catnip.”

• with - “Tippytoe climbed onto the train tracks with the train and rode it for an hour.”

• alongside - “Tippytoe climbed up the hill and ran alongside the train tracks.”

Summing Up

So, it’s time for me to teach some English lessons before it gets too late. I don’t want to have to work after 8 PM with an empty tummy. Maybe I can eat dinner alongside teaching…