Adverbials Of Direction

We use prepositions to talk about direction:

across

onto

along

out of

back

past

back to

through

down

to

into

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

anywhere

somewhere

nowhere

abroad

away

here

there

indoors

outdoors

inside

outside

upstairs

downstairs

up

down

home

back

in

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

We often have adverbials of direction or location at the end of a clause:

his is the room we have our meals in.
Be careful you don't let the cat out.
There were only a few people around.