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Saturday, November 17, 2012

PREPOSITION "OUTSIDE"

Outside


1. This is a beautiful place to spend a vacation outside the city.

2. The tourists are walking around outside the temple.

3. He tries to get outside the office whenever possible.

4. Some kids left their bikes outside the store.

5. They're outside their house.

6. This light is left on outside at night.

7. He's outside in the hot sun.

8. They like to cook outside in the summer.

(In this sentence, "outside" is used as an adverb to describe where "they like to cook." )

9. She likes to be outside in the winter.

10. The outside of a peach is fuzzy and a little thick; the inside is sweet and juicy.

(In this sentence, "outside" is used a noun: "The outside...")

(2) Over


1. The cow jumped over the moon.

("over" is similar to "above" but it's used with words that express movement like "go," "run," "fly," "throw," etc.)

2. A rainbow appeared over the horizon when the sun came out.

3. The firefighter ran over to the burning house to save the people inside.

("run over" = go to. In this example, the word "over" is part of the verb and not a preposition, but I included here because you find "over" used with many idioms.

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4. I love the sound of water running over rocks in a stream.

5. She put sunblock all over her boyfriend's back.

6. The smoke over the house indicates that someone is inside.

7. Their dream is to sail all over the world.

8. Have you ever cooked over a campfire?


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