Next to and across from
We use next to when two things are very near each other: The clock is next to the window. We use across from when two things are on opposite sides and face each other: The chairs are across from the television. We ask: Where’s the clock? We answer: It’s next to the window. For two or more things we say: Where are the chairs? They are across from the television.
| Where? | We say |
|---|---|
| near each other | The clock is next to the window. |
| on opposite sides | The chairs are across from the television. |
Where’s the clock, Salma?
It’s next to the window.
Where are the chairs?
They are across from the television.
Hossam’s living room is small. The television is on the left. A plant is next to the television. Two chairs are across from the television. The clock is next to the window. Hossam sits on a chair and watches a film.
Where is it? Put a toy next to a chair and another toy across from the couch. The grown-up asks: Where’s the toy? The child answers with next to or across from. Then the child hides toys and the grown-up asks.
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