Level: beginner
We use prepositions to talk about direction:
| across | along | back | back to | down | into |
| onto | out of | past | through | to | towards |
She ran out of the house.
Walk past the bank and keep going to the end of the street.
We use adverbs and adverb phrases for both location and direction:
| everywhere | abroad | indoors | upstairs | home |
| anywhere | away | outdoors | downstairs | back |
| somewhere | here | inside | up | in |
| nowhere | there | outside | down | out |
I would love to see Paris. I've never been there. (place)
We're going to Paris. We fly there tomorrow. (direction)
The bedroom is upstairs. (place)
He ran upstairs to the bedroom. (direction)
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Level: intermediate
We often have adverbials of direction or location at the end of a clause:
This is the room we have our meals in.
Be careful you don't let the cat out.
There were only a few people around.
- Adverbials of direction 2
- Adverbials of direction 3
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Hello giangphan,
In both British and US English, the standard form is onto.
I have heard into used occasionally, I think, but it's much less common.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team