C. Movement Preposition: to, at, in, into
C1. We say go/ come/ travel (etc.) to a place or event: go to bed; come to my house; go back to Italy; go to the back; be taken to hospital; welcome (somebody) to (a place); a journey to/ a trip to/ a visit to/ on my way to ~ etc. (e.g. Did you enjoy your trip to Paris?)
a. Compare to (for movement) and in/at (for position) (e.g. They are going to France. but They live in France)
b. Been to: We say been to (a place) (e.g. I’ve been to Italy four times, but I’ve never been to Room.)
c. We say get to (a place); But we say arrive in ~ or arrive at ~ (not arrive to) (e.g. They arrived in London a week ago.); for other places (building etc.) or events, we say arrive at. (e.g. When did they arrive at the hotel?)
C2. Home: We say go home/ come home/ get home/ arrive home/ on the way home etc. (no proposition) (e.g. I’m tired. Let’s go home now. (not go to home))
C3. Go into, get into ~ etc. = enter (a room/ a building/ a car etc.) (e.g. I opened the door, went into the room and sat down.) With some verbs (especially go/ get/ put) we often use in (instead of into) (e.g. She got in the car and drove away. (or she got into the car ~)) The opposite of into is out of. (e.g. She got out of the car and went into a shop.)
a. We usually say ‘get on/off a bus/ a train/ a plane’ (not usually get into/ out of) (e.g. She got on the bus and I never saw her again.)