Year 3 · SPaG · Prepositions
Year 3 prepositions of time, place and cause worksheet and PowerPoint
To practise together: prepositions of time; prepositions of place; prepositions of cause; what is a preposition?.
What this sheet covers
Each question comes from one of the lessons below. If a question is tricky, look back at that lesson’s sheet and slides.
| Prepositions of time | Before, after, during, until and since. |
|---|---|
| Prepositions of place | Under, behind, beside, between and other prepositions that say where. |
| Prepositions of cause | Because of, due to, owing to and thanks to. |
| What is a preposition? | Words such as under, behind and before that link a noun to the rest of the sentence. |
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
- preposition of place
- says where
- preposition of cause
- says why
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: Choose the lesson from this sheet that you found hardest. Write three new questions of your own for a friend, with an answer sheet, then swap and mark each other’s work.
Pupil target: I can remember what I have learned and use it.
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, place and cause PowerPoint.
Where this lesson fits
This is lesson 30 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 place
- Prepositions of cause
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