Step 5: Expanding Sentences using Prepositions• Which word is the preposition in this sentence?...

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Year 4 – Autumn Block 1 – Ready to Write

Step 5: Expanding Sentences

using Prepositions

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Year 4 – Autumn Block 1 – Ready to Write Expanding Sentences using Prepositions

Notes and Guidance:

• This step will focus on expanding the clause by using a range of prepositions such as before, after, during, in

and because of.

• At this point, children should only use prepositions to modify verbs not nouns (this is covered in Year 4 Spring

Block 3).

Focused Questions

• Which word is the preposition in this sentence?

• What other prepositions could you use instead?

• What prepositions would not make sense?

What is a preposition?

Prepositions tell us where something is:

beside under on against

beneath over between

Or when something is happening:

until during after following

since before

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Introduction

Use the table to sort the prepositions below.

Prepositions of Time Prepositions of Place

since after aboveamong

throughbehindacross near following

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Introduction

Use the table to sort the prepositions below.

Prepositions of Time Prepositions of Place

following

since

after

across

behind

near

through

among

above

since after aboveamong

throughbehindacross near following

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Varied Fluency 1

Circle the prepositions.

as a result of

their between

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Varied Fluency 1

Circle the prepositions.

as a result of

their between

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Varied Fluency 2

Tick the sentence which does not have a preposition.

Tick

one

The dog hid under the table, since the people

in the room were strangers.

The dog hid because he was scared.

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Varied Fluency 2

Tick the sentence which does not have a preposition.

Tick

one

The dog hid under the table, since the people

in the room were strangers.

The dog hid because he was scared.

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Varied Fluency 3

Underline the preposition(s) in the sentence below.

I can’t go through the school gates before half

past eight.

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Varied Fluency 3

Underline the preposition(s) in the sentence below.

I can’t go through the school gates before half

past eight.

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Varied Fluency 4

Draw a line to match the preposition to an alternative which could

have the same meaning.

beyond

upon following after

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Varied Fluency 4

Draw a line to match the preposition to an alternative which could

have the same meaning.

beyond

upon following after

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Application 1

Fill in the spaces with the correct prepositions.

________________ the concert, he walked

________________ the town centre to the bus station.

across afteras a result

of

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Application 1

Fill in the spaces with the correct prepositions.

________________ the concert, he walked

________________ the town centre to the bus station.

across afteras a result

of

After

across