Grammar Prepositions – Lesson Sixty Four – Up Preposition
In this grammar lesson, you learn about the Up preposition in English and how to use it in your English conversation and writing. Below, you will see preposition up examples, that include how you use this preposition in a sentence. Just follow those examples and write them down a few times to learn them very well. After finishing this lesson, you should work on its quiz.
Previous Grammar Preposition
In our previous grammar preposition lesson, we covered the Until Preposition If you just landed on this page, we suggest that you complete our previous lesson including its quizzes before continuing on this lesson.
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Preposition Up Examples
Follow below examples to see how to use up preposition in sentences.
1. They’re traveling up the escalator.
2. You need to walk up the stairs to get to the temple.
3. The arrow on this sign points up.
4. Jennifer likes to hang up pictures that her children have drawn.
She puts the pictures up on the wall in her office.
(The word “up” is often used with verb phrases.)
5. After ten minutes of work, their tent is up.
(“Up” is used as an adjective in this sentence.)
6. This hot-air balloon is up in the air.
7. It’s dangerous to get up close to a lion.
(get up close: get very close; to move near something)
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Next Grammar Preposition
In our next grammar preposition lesson, we will cover the Up To Preposition Before moving to the next lesson, we suggest that you complete this lesson including its quizzes.
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