Prepositions
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can write a range of sentence types with prepositions to indicate time, place or cause.
Key learning points
- Prepositions tell the reader where or when something is in relation to something else.
- Prepositions can indicate time, place or cause.
- Prepositions can be single words or groups of words.
- A phrase is a group of words with no verb.
Keywords
Preposition - word or words that can tell the reader where, when or why something is happening
Phrase - a group of words with no verb
Clause - a group of words that contains a verb
Indicate - show or signal
Common misconception
Pupils may think that words stay as prepositions irrespective of what follows them.
Some words are prepositions when followed by a noun phrase, but they can be conjunctions or adverbs in other circumstances.
Teacher tip
Ensure that in modelling writing in English lessons, you show that preposition phrases can be placed in different places in sentences (including as fronted adverbials).
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is the purpose of a determiner?
Q2.Which of the following lists shows articles we can use as determiners?
Q3.Which of the following lists shows possessive pronouns we can use as determiners?
Q4.Which word in this sentence is a possessive pronoun? 'We went to our local shops.'
Q5.Which is the correct article to use in this sentence? '__________ unknown animal has been stealing our food.'
Q6.In this sentence, what kind of determiner is used? 'We walked into the cinema and bought a ticket each.'
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.If a group of words contains a verb, what do we call it?
Q2.Select all the phrases below.
Q3.In this sentence, which word is the preposition? 'Sam walked into the empty classroom.'
Q4.In this sentence, which words are the preposition phrase? 'Sam walked into the empty classroom.'
Q5.Which preposition best completes this sentence? 'When the maths lesson was over, we ran out __________ the sun.'
Q6.What is the preposition phrase in this sentence? 'The moon, which was high in the night sky, was a perfect circle.'
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