Prepositions Lesson 22

Using along


Along can be used as a preposition and an adverb. When used as a preposition, it is followed by a noun. When used as an adverb, it is not followed by a noun.
  • The boys walked along the corridor. (Here the noun the corridor acts as the object of the preposition along.)
  • You can bring your kids along.
Along is used to talk about movement on or beside a line.
  • She walked along the footpath.
  • I saw a dark figure moving along the road.
Along can also show position on a line.
  • There are quite a few shops along the street.
  • There was a thick line of trees along the river bank.
Along can be used to talk about coming or going to a place where someone is waiting or something is happening.
Although we waited for hours, no cabs came along so we decided to walk all the way home.
  • We are going to the theatre. Would you like to come along?
To take someone or something along is to take them with you when you go somewhere.
  • Don’t forget to take these papers along when you go to the bank.
Note that the preposition along is not used to talk about periods or activities. Instead we use through.
  • She was silent all through the journey. (NOT She was silent all along the journey.)
  • She kept talking right through the meal.

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