Year 3 · SPaG · Prepositions
Year 3 prepositions of time worksheet and PowerPoint
To recognise and use prepositions of time.
Prepositions of time
A preposition of time tells you when: before, after, during, until, since.
| before / after | We played games before lunch. We go swimming after school. |
|---|---|
| during | The cat slept during the film. |
| until / since | Wait until Friday. She has lived here since June. |
Examples
- It rained throughout the day.
- We walk home after school.
Key words
- preposition of time
- says when
- 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 six sentences about a school day. Use a preposition of time in each one.
Pupil target: I can use prepositions 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 prepositions of time PowerPoint.
Where this lesson fits
This is lesson 27 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 place
- Prepositions of cause
- Prepositions of time, place and cause
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