Year 3 · SPaG · Prepositions
Year 3 what is a preposition? worksheet and PowerPoint
To recognise prepositions and to use them in a sentence.
Prepositions
A preposition shows how a noun or pronoun is related to another word. Prepositions of time (before, after, during, until), place (under, behind, beside, between) and cause (because of, due to). A preposition is followed by a noun or pronoun: behind the shed, during lunch.
| time | We played during lunch. Wait until Friday. |
|---|---|
| place | The cat hid under the bed. She sat beside me. |
| cause | We stayed in because of the rain. |
Examples
- The dog slept under the table.
- The match was cancelled due to the weather.
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 park. Use a different preposition in each one and underline it.
Pupil target: I can find a preposition.
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 what is a preposition? PowerPoint.
Where this lesson fits
This is lesson 25 of 53 in the Year 3 SPaG scheme, in the block “Prepositions”.
Other lessons in this block
- Prepositional phrases
- Prepositions of time
- Prepositions of place
- Prepositions of cause
- Prepositions of time, place and cause
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