Using "from" and "to"

Today's topic is about using "from" and "to" in your English.

One of our students wrote the following:

My friend picked me up from my house to Aoyama Cemetery in the morning.

When we use "from ～ to ～," we need two places and a verb that shows an action of motion, or we need to show a start time and an end time.

Examples of motion using our student's sentence:

1. My friend drove me from my house to Aoyama Cemetery.
2. My friend took me from my house to Aoyama Cemetery.
3. My friend and I left from my house and drove to Aoyama Cemetery.

Other examples of motion:

1. We drove from Yokohama to Osaka.
2. We took the bullet train from Tokyo to Osaka.
3. I flew from Narita to LAX.

Examples of time:

1. I worked from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
2. I studied all day from Saturday morning to Saturday night.
3. I lived in New Delhi from 1998 to 2005.

Can you think of any other examples? Post a comment or ask me in class!

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