Prepositions of direction show us to where or in which direction something moves.

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Here are some of the most common:

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The first one is the most common one which is preposition "to".

• It is normally used with a verb showing movement and shows the result of the movement--

the place or person that the movement was toward or in the direction of.

• The preposition toward has a similar meaning, but it's not exactly the same: with toward, the direction of the movement is shown, but not the result.

 

A <====== to ====== B
(B arrived at A)

A <==== toward ==== B
(B is on the way to A)

A ====== to ======> B
(A arrived at B)

A ==== toward ====> B
(A is on the way to B)

Examples:

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• Jamil walks to work every day.

• When I saw Jamil, he was walking toward his office.

• They'll drive to San Francisco during the weekend.

• They started driving toward San Francisco Friday afternoon, but they didn't arrive there until Saturday.

• Yesterday Billy rode his bicycle to the park.

• When Billy was riding his bicycle toward the park, he stopped at Joey's house.

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