We can use either across or over to mean ‘on or to the other side of a road, line, river etc.’
To mean ‘on or to the other side of something high’, we use over.
To talk about movement on flat surfaces, we use across.
Fill in the blanks with over, across or through.
1. They live …………………….. the border.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
2. He swam ……………………………… the river.
Wrong!
You can't swim over a river. You can only swim across it - that means from one side to the other side.
3. They jumped ……………………… the stream.
Wrong!
4. The thief jumped ……………………….. the wall and escaped.
Wrong!
5.We walked ………………………. the paddy fields.
Wrong!
Across shows movement in two-dimensional spaces.
6. We walked ……………………. the tunnel.
Wrong!
Through is similar to in. Across is similar to on.
7. We drove …………………………. the desert.
Wrong!
8. They were attacked by a gang of robbers when they were traveling …………………………… the wood.
Wrong!
9. Can you jump ………………………….. this fence?
Wrong!
10. It was very cold, still we enjoyed walking ………………………. the ice.
Wrong!
11. The tiger jumped ……………………….. the ring.
Wrong!
12. The whole town was under water and we had to swim …………………….. to our home.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- They live across / over the border.
- He swam across the river.
- They jumped over / across the stream.
- The thief jumped over the wall and escaped.
- We walked across the paddy fields.
- We walked through the tunnel.
- We drove across the desert.
- They were attacked by a gang of robbers when they were traveling through the wood.
- Can you jump over this fence?
- It was very cold, still we enjoyed walking across the ice.
- The tiger jumped through the ring.
- The whole town was under water and we had to swim over to our home.
