Preposiciones en inglés: lugar y movimiento

15-12-2025 | English A1 5 min

Lección sobre proposiciones en inglés, incluye vocabulario, explicaciones y un diálogo para practicar su uso. Un poco de inside, outside, under, next to y más.

Vocabulary

Este vocabulario debe estudiarse a través de Anki. Todo el material relacionado lo puedes encontrar en My learning journal - Repositorio de GitHub.

Word Example
Up The cat climbed up the tree
Through She walked through the park
Over The lamp is over the table
Outside The kids are playing outside
Out of He stepped out of the room
Next to The bank is next to the grocery store
Into She went into the house
Inside The keys are inside the drawer
In front of The car is parked in front of the building
Far The mountains are far from the city
Down The ball rolled down the hill
Behind The garden is behind the house
Around They walked around the park
Across She swam across the river
Front The front of the building is painted blue
Here The book is here on the table
Many There are many stars in the sky
Upstairs The bedrooms are upstairs
Try She will try to finish her homework
Shop I went to the shop to buy groceries
Stairs He climbed the stairs to the second floor
Tree The tree provides shade in the summer
Way This is the way to the park
Video room We watched a movie in the video room
Yard The children are playing in the yard
Front yard The front yard has beautiful flowers
Back yard The back yard is perfect for barbecues
Cafeteria We had lunch in the cafeteria
Auditorium The concert was held in the auditorium
Mall We went shopping at the mall
People There are many people at the event
Let's go Let's go to the park
See you later See you later at the party
According to According to the report, sales have increased
So many There are so many books in the library

Prepositions

Las preposiciones son palabras que se usan para mostrar la relación entre un sustantivo (o pronombre) y otras palabras en una oración. Indican dirección, lugar, tiempo, causa, manera, entre otros. Para los determinados ejemplos, imagina principalmente a un gato y una caja.

  1. The cat jumped out of the box:

"Out of" is used to indicate movement from the inside to the outside of something. In this case, the cat is moving from inside the box to outside of it.

  1. The cat went into the box:

"Into" is used to indicate movement toward the inside of something. Here, the cat is moving from outside the box to inside it.

  1. The cat is inside the box:

"Inside" indicates that the cat is located within the boundaries of the box.

  1. The cat is outside the box:

"Outside" indicates that the cat is located beyond the boundaries of the box.

  1. The cat is on the box:

"On" indicates that the cat is positioned on the surface of the box.

  1. The cat is under the box:

"Under" indicates that the cat is positioned below the box.

  1. The cat is next to the box:

"Next to" indicates that the cat is positioned beside or adjacent to the box.

  1. The cat jumped over the box:

"Over" indicates that the cat moved from one side of the box to the other by going above it.

  1. The cat walked around the box:

"Around" indicates that the cat moved in a circular path surrounding the box.

  1. The cat is in front of the box:

"In front of" indicates that the cat is positioned ahead or before the box.

  1. The cat is behind the box:

"Behind" indicates that the cat is positioned at the back of the box. We can't see the cat.

  1. The cat climbed up the box:

"Up" indicates that the cat moved to a higher position on the box.

  1. The cat climbed down the box:

"Down" indicates that the cat moved to a lower position from the box.

  1. The cat jumped across the box:

"Across" indicates that the cat moved from one side of the box to the other side, typically by jumping over it. You cross an area, river, street, avenue, etc.

  1. The cat is far from the box:

"Far" indicates that the cat is at a great distance from the box.

  1. The cat is near the box:

"Near" indicates that the cat is close to the box.

  1. The cat walked through the box:

"Through" indicates that the cat moved from one side of the box to the other side by going inside it. This is more abstract since boxes are not typically hollow, but imagine a box with openings on both sides.

  1. The cat walked along the box:

"Along" indicates that the cat moved in a line following the length of the box.

  1. The cat is between two boxes:

"Between" indicates that the cat is positioned in the middle of two boxes.

Dialogue

Personajes Diálogo
A Where is the cat?
B The cat is inside the box
A Is the cat outside the box?
B No, the cat is not outside the box. It is inside
A Did the cat jump over the box?
B Yes, it did. The cat jumped over the box and is now next to it
A Where did the cat go after jumping over the box?
B The cat walked around the box and then climbed up on it
A Is the cat far from the box now?
B No, the cat is not far from the box. It is right next to it
A Did the cat go into the box at any point?
B Yes, earlier the cat went into the box, but now it is outside of it
A Thanks for the information!
Última actualización: 02-02-2026

Links

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