NAMAGUNGA PRIMARY BOARDING SCHOOL

PRIMARY FIVE ENGLISH REVISION WORK TERM III 2020/2021

Set 2

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SUB-TOPIC : PREPOSITIONS

Prepositions are short words that are used after verbs, adjectives or nouns so as
to show a relationship between the subject and the object of the sentence.

Types of prepositions
a) Prepositions of time e.g before , since , till , after etc
b) Prepositions of place e.g above , on , below , against etc
c) Prepositions of movement e.g forward , across , through e.t.c

Prepositions of time
1) Using ‘since’ and ‘for’
‘For’ is used when the period or duration is known.

Examples
1. She has been studying at Namagunga for two years.
2. We have lived in America for six months.

‘Since’ is used when a point of time at which the action started is given or known
(Past till now)

Examples
1. Sudanese have been fighting since 2010.
2. He has lived in Kenya since his childhood.

Activity

Fill in the blank spaces with ‘for’ or ‘since’.

1. Mary has been learning French .................................four years.

2. Ramesh has lived in Uganda .................................2002.

3. Oketch has taught in a law school ..............................he was thirty years old.

4. Americans have been fighting against terrorism ...........................seven years.

5. Indians have lived in Uganda ..............................Amin’s regime.

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6. Ugandans have been affected by COVID-19 ........................close to two years.

7. The present government has been in power ............................1986.

8. Emeka has not been in Nigeria ...............................a decade.

Lesson 2

2) Using ‘ago’ and ‘before’

‘Ago’ is used for a certain time in the past.

Examples
1. My mother left our home a fortnight ago.
2. We arrived here some minutes ago.

‘Before’ is used to refer to earlier than a certain point of time.

Examples
1. The lesson started before 6:00am.
2. Deo learnt French before he joined university.

3) Using ‘in’ and ‘on’

‘In’ is used for months or seasons, time of the day, year and after a certain
period of time (it answers the questions when).

Examples
1. Americans wear thick clothes in winter.
2. Racheal will arrive in an hour from now.

‘On’ is used with days of the week.

Examples
1. We shall meet the Nigerians on Monday.
2. The Premier League will resume on Sunday.

4. Using ‘at’ , ‘till’ , ‘until’ and ‘to

‘To’ , ‘till’ and ‘until’ are used to mark the beginning and the end of a period of
time .
‘To’ is also used to tell time.
‘At’ is used for night, weekend and a certain point of time.

Examples

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1. I will meet the French teacher at 2:00pm.
3. We shall not travel to London until we finish studies.
3. We learn English from Monday to/ till Friday.

Activity

Use ‘ago’ , ‘before’ , ‘till’ , ‘until’ , ‘to’ , ‘in’ or ‘on’ to complete the
sentences.

1. The Portuguese will come here .........................................Friday.

2. We shall have music lessons ...................................... night.

3. Everybody will have lunch ........................................going home.

4. It is two minutes .....................................four o’clock.

5. Do you fly to Dubai .........................................December?

6. I will be a day scholar .................................... I finish Primary level.

7. Dona bought a stamp two hours ..........................................

8. We shall keep home from June ....................................... further notice.

Lesson 3

Prepositions of place

Using ‘at’ and ‘in’

‘at’ is used for smaller places e.g air port, taxi ranks , church, school etc.

Examples
1. The visitors arrived at the airport before noon.
2. I will find you at the church.

‘in’ is used for bigger places e.g district , country , cities

Examples
1. Sarah’s parents live in Kampala.
2. Peter was born at Lugazi in Buikwe District.

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Activity

Fill in the blank spaces with ‘at’ or ‘in’.

1. The heads of state arrived ........................Entebbe airport yesterday.

2. Akiman was born ......................Rwanda.

3. King Oyo was born .........................Bwera in Uganda.

4. Denis has a shop at Bweyogerere .......................Wakiso.

5. Were the Swiss born ......................... Switzerland?

6. He studied ...........................Bugema University in Luwero.

7. Some Sudanese live .......................... Uganda.

8. We shall meet again .........................school.

Lesson 4

Using ‘between’ and ‘among’.

• ‘between’ is used for two things or persons

Examples
1. The money was divided between a Congolese and a Kenyan.
2. The two Chinese guests shared the meal between themselves.

• ‘among’ is used for more than two things or persons

Examples
1. The four pupils shared the fruit among themselves.
2. He divided the land among his six sons.

Using ‘beside’ and ‘besides’

• ‘besides’ means next to

Examples
1. I sit beside an Indian in class.
2. Tanzania is located beside Uganda.

• ‘besides’ means in addition to or apart from.

Examples
1. She studied French besides Chinese.

2. Most Ugandans speak English besides their local language.

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Activity

Fill in the blank spaces with ‘between’ , ‘among’ , ‘beside’ or ‘besides’.

1. Did you share the apples ........................Asiimwe , Oketch , Naiga and Akiki?

2. He shared the money ...................................his two wives.

3. There were a lot of arguments ...............................the debaters.

4. Martina is standing ................................Racheal and Deborah.

5. ..................................Chinese, English , Latin and Luganda , which did you

prefer?

6. John studies Latin ...............................Italian.

7. The president is seated ...................................a Nigerian Prime minister.

8. Ramesh prefers riding ................................... an American because of his

speed.

9. ..............................reading, the Dutch also like sports.

10. He enjoys sitting ................................an Indian in class.

Lesson 5

Some words with different prepositions.

agree - with , about , on , that

v We agree with somebody.
v We agree on / about something.
v We agree that (something) .........................

argue - with , about , over , for , against , that

v We argue with somebody.
v We argue about / over something.
v We argue for / against something or doing something.
v We argue that (some thing)....................

break – down , up , off , into

v break down – to stop working because of a fault
v break up – to separate into smaller pieces or to come to an end
v break off – to become separated from something
v break into – to forcefully enter a closed place
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Some words with one preposition.

abide – by consist – of
accuse – of escape – from
accustomed – to good – at
sentence – to guilty – of
charge – with interested – in
afraid – of lend – to
abstain – from proud – of
absent – from opposite – to
borrow – from reply – to
composed – of withdraw – from
prefer – to complain – of
leave – for

Activity

Use a suitable preposition to complete each sentence.

1. The head teacher congratulated us ........................our successful music gala.

2. He tied the goat ........................... a tree in the bush.

3. Christians believe .............................God.

4. The prostitute became angry ..............................me.

5. Girls like quarrelling ...............................one another.

6. What is the time ..............................your watch?

7. We should inquire ...............................the chairperson if it is right.

8. He is fond ................................using vulgar language.

9. The man was suspected ...................................stealing a hen.

10. The work must be written ...............................ink.

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