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No hesitation: in-into... on-onto - English lesson

" ... Yet, the solution is easy to find... Let's see! 

I) IN or INTO ? both words refer to space, a place, or to something that puts limits on something else.

➡️ IN expresses a position, where something is in relation to a larger area around it. There's no change in places.

- When I arrived, my grandparents were in the kitchen, getting dinner ready. 

IN is used after "to be" et "to stay" in front of  nominal group

➡️ INTO is used to express the movement of something, usually with a verb that expresses movement(e.g. go, come, fall, run). It shows where something is or was going.

 - The kid was so happy to be at the beach that he ran directly into the water...

II) ON or ONTO: same difference of usage between ON and ONTO. 

- The cat was running on the carpet, but suddenly, it jumped onto the table! 

III) BE CAREFUL! Sometimes IN and ON are used instead of INTO and ONTO when the result of the action is considered more important than the movement involved. (especially with verbs of movement: come/ go / fall/ throw/ jump/ push/ pull/ put. 

- "Where's my certificate?" "I've put it in a file!"

IV)   the verb to TURN  has different meanings (depending on the particles behind it)

 * to turn someone in :  to denounce someone 

 * to turn into: to transform, change into...

There you are! That was easy, wasn't it? Make a little effort for the test and you'll see that you'll no longer fear INTO, or ONTO!  

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1. When our cat Silky manages to get onontoinintoI don't know my room at night, he jumps intoinontoonI don't know my bed, plays with my feet and wakes me up.

2. 'Stay ontooninintoI don't know the house... The whole world is confined and you’re contagious.'

3. In my story, the witch turns inonintoontoI don't know a bat and flies away.

4. 'Out, kids! You’re not supposed to stay ontointoinonI don't know your room, playing on your tablet when the weather is so wonderful!'

5. 'The diver bounced twice intooninI don't know the board and then dived intooninontoI don't know the pit in front of flabbergasted supporters.'

6. The nurse put the needle intoonontoinI don't know the patient’s vein just as he was turning pale and fainted.

7. 'I’m not really interested inontointoonI don't know what he’s telling me, and would like him to keep quiet.'

8. The children are trying to climb ontoontooninI don't know the roof of the garden shed. What a stupid idea!

 

The frog jumped onto the water-lily