Year 3 · SPaG · Conjunctions and clauses
Year 3 conjunctions for time worksheet and PowerPoint
To recognise and use conjunctions of time.
Conjunctions for time
A conjunction of time tells you when something happens in the second clause: before, after, when, while and until.
| before / after | We washed our hands before we ate. |
|---|---|
| when / while | The bell rang when the lesson ended. |
| until | Wait here until I come back. |
Examples
- I will tidy my room after I finish my book.
- Mum read to us while we ate.
Key words
- conjunction of time
- tells you when
- conjunction
- a word that joins clauses
- clause
- a group of words with a verb
What is on the worksheet
Every sheet for this lesson has a short teaching box and 12 questions that get gradually harder: 8 fluency questions, then 4 reasoning questions that ask pupils to explain or choose. A writing challenge follows. The questions use the same styles as the key stage 2 grammar and punctuation test (circle, underline, tick, fill the gap, add punctuation, rewrite, explain). They are written for this website, not copied from past papers.
All the answers are on the last page of the same editable Word file. New questions are made every time, so you can print a different sheet for every group or for homework. The same sheet code always gives the same sheet.
Writing challenge: Write six sentences about your day. Use before, after, when, while and until.
Pupil target: I can use conjunctions of time.
The PowerPoint
A 20-slide lesson deck for the same lesson: a starter that revisits earlier learning, key words, an I do and a You do question on each slide with a countdown timer, answers that appear one click at a time, and a challenge. Download the conjunctions for time PowerPoint.
Where this lesson fits
This is lesson 16 of 53 in the Year 3 SPaG scheme, in the block “Conjunctions and clauses”.
Other lessons in this block
- What is a clause?
- Expanding sentences (and, but, or, so)
- Expanding sentences (when, if, that, because)
- Coordinating conjunctions
- Subordinating conjunctions
- Conjunctions for place
- Conjunctions for cause
- Conjunctions for time, place and cause
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