Year 4 · SPaG · Determiners, adverbs and prepositions
Year 4 expanding sentences with prepositions worksheet and PowerPoint
To expand sentences with prepositions of time, place and cause.
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
- shows how a noun or pronoun is related to another word
- prepositional phrase
- a preposition and the noun that follows it
- time
- when
- place
- where
- cause
- 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: Write six sentences about a school day. Use two prepositions of time, two of place and two of cause.
Pupil target: I can use prepositions of time, place and cause.
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 expanding sentences with prepositions PowerPoint.
Where this lesson fits
This is lesson 45 of 60 in the Year 4 SPaG scheme, in the block “Determiners, adverbs and prepositions”.
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