To

We can usetoas a preposition to indicate a destination or direction:

We’re goingtoLiverpool next week.

Does he want to cometothe park with us?

The dog rantous as soon as we arrived.

We usetowith verbs such asgive, hand, send, write, to indicate the person or thing that receives or experiences the object of the verb:

I[V]gave[O]the keysto[receiver]Jane.

She’s always writing letterstothe local newspaper.

We usetoin telling the time, when we refer to the number of minutes before the hour:

Her train arrives atquarter tofive.

It’sten tosix. We’d better leave now or we’ll be late.

We can usetowith the meaning of ‘until’ when we are talking about time. We often use it in the expressionfrom … to…:

It’s just three daystoNew Year’s Day.

They’re only openfromMondaytoFriday. They’re closed at the weekend.

We can usetowhen we refer to an approximate number somewhere between a lower number and a higher number:

There wereforty to fiftypeople at the meeting.

It’ll probably cost youthirty to thirty-fivepounds.

A number of nouns are followed byto. These include nouns expressing direction or destination such asdoor, entrance, road, route, way:

The doortothe main office was open.

Is this the waytothe airport?

They also include nouns referring to transport, such asbus, coach, ferry, flight, train:

The ferrytoSantander takes 12 hours.

Is this the bustothe stadium?

Nouns expressing reactions and responses are also followed byto. These includeanswer, key, reaction, reply, response, solution:

Hisreaction toher comments was very aggressive.

They don’t seem to be able to find asolution tothe problem of global warming yet.

Some verbs are followed by the prepositionto, includingbe used, get used, listen, look forward, object, reply, respond:

Welistened tothat CD you lent us. It’s great.

Iobject toyour remarks.

The bank hasn’treplied tomy letter yet.

Some adjectives connected with people’s behaviour and feelings are followed byto, includingcruel, faithful, generous, kind, loyal, nasty:

I cannot bear people beingcruel toanimals.

Bekind toher. You’re sonasty toher!

Many individuals have beenloyal tothe Conservative Party all their lives.

We usetobefore a verb to make theto-infinitive form:

She lovesto wearreally colourful dresses.

I needto leaveearly today.

To getan outside line, you have to dial 9 first.