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.
1They live ............... the border.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
2He 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.
3They jumped ............... the stream.
Wrong!
4The thief jumped ............... the wall and escaped.
Wrong!
5We walked ............... the paddy fields.
Wrong!
Across shows movement in two-dimensional spaces.
6We walked ............... the tunnel.
Wrong!
Through is similar to in. Across is similar to on.
7We drove ............... the desert.
Wrong!
8They were attacked by a gang of robbers when they were traveling ............... the wood.
Wrong!
9Can you jump ............... this fence?
Wrong!
10It was very cold, still we enjoyed walking ............... the ice.
Wrong!
11The tiger jumped ............... the ring.
Wrong!
12The 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 Either could be used here 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.
