A building may have several floors. This word points to a lower one.
The idea
Downstairs can describe a location or movement to a lower floor: be downstairs, go downstairs.
Examples
- The kitchen is downstairs.
- Our guests are waiting downstairs.
- Please carry the bags downstairs.
- We went downstairs for breakfast.
- A dog was sleeping downstairs.
- You can hear music from downstairs.
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Watch out
Do not add to before the adverb: say go downstairs, not go to downstairs.
Try it yourself
Choose the correct answer. The laundry room is on the lower floor. It is ___. (downstairs / upstairs)
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downstairs
Downstairs identifies the lower floor.
Choose the correct answer. I will ___ to open the front door. (go downstairs / go to downstairs)
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go downstairs
Go downstairs gives the destination without an extra preposition.
Choose the correct answer. The noise came ___ downstairs. (from / to)
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from
From identifies where the sound started.
Practice round
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Choose the correct answer. The laundry room is on the lower floor. It is ___. (downstairs / upstairs)
Choose the correct answer. I will ___ to open the front door. (go downstairs / go to downstairs)
Choose the correct answer. The noise came ___ downstairs. (from / to)
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Tap the words in the right order.
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Describe a room on a lower floor and someone going there.