Year 3 · SPaG · Prepositions
Year 3 prepositions of place worksheet and PowerPoint
To recognise and use prepositions of place.
Prepositions of place
A preposition of place tells you where something is or where it goes: under, behind, beside, above, between, near, across, over.
| position | The cat hid under the bed. The dog sat beside me. |
|---|---|
| between | The boy stood between two trees. |
| movement | We walked across the field. The plane flew over the town. |
Examples
- A bird sat above the door.
- The shop is opposite the bank.
Key words
- preposition of place
- says where
- preposition
- shows how a noun is related to another word
- prepositional phrase
- a preposition and the noun that follows it
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 eight sentences about a picture of a farm. Use a preposition of place in each one.
Pupil target: I can use prepositions of place.
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 prepositions of place PowerPoint.
Where this lesson fits
This is lesson 28 of 53 in the Year 3 SPaG scheme, in the block “Prepositions”.
Other lessons in this block
- What is a preposition?
- Prepositional phrases
- Prepositions of time
- Prepositions of cause
- Prepositions of time, place and cause
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