Gateway to Grammar: Prepositions of Place and Movement 4 - Opposite, Beside, Circling, and Following
Welcome to part 4 of the Gateway to Grammar series on prepositions for place (staying still - where is it?) and movement (moving around - where is it going?). Also, this is the fourth week of finding very specific cat pictures and I am suffering.
When do I use ‘Opposite’, ‘Beside’, ‘Circling’, and ‘Following’?
Opposite (preposition of place - where is it?) - Cinnamon is opposite Cecil. If you have two houses facing each other with a road in the middle, these houses are also opposite.
Beside (preposition of place - where is it?) - Bagira is beside Gavin.
Circling (preposition of movement - where is it going?) - Murray Mint is circling Sandy and aggressively sniffing.
Following (preposition of movement - where is it going) - Thunderfeet is following Sam because he looks like a tiny horse.
Summing Up
Like the other prepositions we learned in groups, there are 2 pairs in this week’s prepositions. If it is still and facing another thing, it is opposite that other thing. If it is still and immediately to the side of something it is beside it. If it is moving in a circle around something, it is circling something. If it is moving behind another moving object, in the same direction, if it is following.
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