Bagaimana contoh penggunaan to, into, onto dalam kalimat bahasa Inggris?

1. to

To mengandung arti ‘ke’, ‘menuju’, dan ‘kepada’. Preposisi ini biasanya menyatakan arah atau tujuan.

• She will fly to Moscow tomorrow.
• She went to the country last week.
• The injured people have been taken to the hospital.
• Fie returned to his hometown after he had graduated from UPI.
• The boy gives the flowers to the girl as a token of his love.

Kata home mengharuskan penghilangan to.

• go home (bukan go to home)
• come home (bukan come to home)
• get home (bukan get to home)
• Let’s go home. It’s getting dark.
• Welcome home!
• When we got home, we found the front door open.

To juga dipergunakan untuk mengawali kata kerja infinitive yang hadir setelah kata kerja lain.

• I want to go home.
• I’d like to order coffee, please.

To yang diawali been mengandung arti pernah ke.

• I have been to Darma twice, (saya penah ke Darma dua kali)
• Prabu has never been to a basketball match in his life. (Prabu tidak pernah ke pertandingan basket seumur hidupnya)

2. into vs onto

Into mengandung arti [menuju] ke dalam, sedangkan onto mengandung arti [menuju] ke atas.

• The guests go into the hall.
• The students came into the class.
• They walked onto the platform. (= podium)
• The President came onto the balcony. (= balkon)