English skills and support
‘To’ is a very common preposition and is used in many different ways. Here are some verbs that are followed by ‘to’. Verb
Preposition
Example Add hydrogen to oxygen and it makes water.
to (something or someone)
introduce
to (something or someone)
Graphs
The muscles in your forearm cross the elbow and attach to the humerus.
PL E
join, attach, add
In a battery, join the cathode to the positive terminal, and the anode to the negative terminal.
The grey squirrel was introduced to the UK in the 1890s.
Arun, I would like to introduce you to Zara.
M
You need to know the names of the different parts of a graph. 500 400 300
SA vertical axis or y-axis
Distance travelled in metres
200 100 0
0
20 40 Time in seconds
60
horizontal axis or x-axis
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