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Lesson Plan September 5, 2025
Topic: Prepositions of Movement: to, into, in, at
In this lesson you can review the use of ‘to’, ‘into’, ‘in’ and ‘at’ when we talk about movement.
Section A: to
We use to to show movement in the direction of a specific destination
go to London
fly to Japan
on my way to England
a journey to Australia
return to the office
Special uses
Welcome to Japan!
I’ve been to France five times.
Note: we do not say ‘to home’
I’m on my way home. (NOT ‘to home’)
Section B: into & in
We use into when we talk about entering an enclosed space
go into the room
get into the car
break into the house
We can sometimes use in instead of into
come in the house
throw it in the garbage
get in the pool
After some verbs, we use into for movement that results in physical contact
crash into a tree
run into a wall
walk into a lamppost
Section C: at
After some verbs, we use at to show the target of an action
Why did you throw the ball at me.
I yelled at the kids breaking tree branches in the park.
We use at after arrive for buildings and events
arrive at the hotel
arrive at the party
However, we use in after arrive for countries and cities
arrive in Tokyo
arrive in France
Lesson Notes
Words & Phrases
Water reservoir (noun) = a large natural or artificial storage place for water, often used for supplying towns, farms, or power stations
The city relies on a mountain water reservoir for its drinking supply.
Farmers drew irrigation water from the nearby reservoir.
During the drought, the water reservoir levels dropped dangerously low.
The trees and azalea bushes along my street were looking very rough and wilted.
‘Rough’ means they did not look healthy
‘Wilted’ describes plants that are weak, drooping, or lacking water.
He used the garden hose to water the flowerbeds.
The children played with the water hose to cool off in the summer heat.
She coiled the outdoor hose neatly after washing the patio.
Prepositions of Movement
When you use words like there, here, home, downtown, upstairs, abroad, you do not need a preposition of movement (to, at, in). The movement is already included in the word.
Is that the new shopping centre? We should go there.
Would you like to go downtown for dinner in Shinjuku tonight?
My family is moving overseas next spring.
