Upstairs refers to a higher floor of a building.
The idea
Say be upstairs for a location and go upstairs for movement; from upstairs names the source of a sound.
Examples
- My coat is upstairs.
- She went upstairs to get her glasses.
- The children are playing upstairs.
- Please take this box upstairs.
- I heard footsteps from upstairs.
- We live upstairs, above the shop.
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Watch out
The adverb does not require to before it: say go upstairs, not go to upstairs.
Try it yourself
Choose the location on the higher floor. The bedroom is on the higher floor: it is ___. (upstairs / downstairs)
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upstairs
Upstairs describes the higher location.
Choose the natural expression for movement. I will ___ to fetch my coat. (go upstairs / go to upstairs)
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go upstairs
Use go upstairs without to.
Choose the word giving the sound’s origin. The footsteps came ___ upstairs. (from / to)
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from
From upstairs gives the source of the sound.
Practice round
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Choose the location on the higher floor. The bedroom is on the higher floor: it is ___. (upstairs / downstairs)
Choose the natural expression for movement. I will ___ to fetch my coat. (go upstairs / go to upstairs)
Choose the word giving the sound’s origin. The footsteps came ___ upstairs. (from / to)
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Say what is upstairs in a building you know and describe someone going there.