Where Is Everything?

Look at this bedroom scene. Talk to your partner and describe

where everything is.
 Where Is Everything?
Look at this bedroom scene. Talk to your partner and describe
where everything is.

The lamp is in front of ×2

the window

The desk is under ×3

the window
×4
×1 The guitar is on the
The phone is next chair
to the bed.
 Preposition Mind Map
How many different words or phrases (prepositions) can you think of to describe
time, place or movement?

across under before

below at six o’clock

through after
Prepositions toward
on
in
above

beside off above

during with
 Preposition Or Not?
Keeping in mind that ‘a preposition is a word or phrase used to describe a place,
time or movement’ sort the following words into the correct circles:

Prepositions Not
Prepositions

angry before lunch after school and under

through threw beside decide in
 Preposition Or Not?
Read the sentences below and spot the preposition which describes the place, time
or cause.

next to
The scissors were left next to the
the pencil
pencil case.
case.

Hamid and Salma wrote in their books.

on blocks.
The ladies stepped on blocks.

I sheltered beneath myumbrella.

beneath my umbrella.
 Add a Preposition
Read the sentences below and add a preposition which describes the place, time
or cause.

The girl held her arms above her head.

Go and sit next to Stan.

Joe was in the bath when the phone rang.

underthe table
They hid during
an earthquake.
 Add a Preposition

Spin the spinner to choose a preposition.

On your whiteboards, write your own
Spin sentence about this picture to include that
preposition.
Photo courtesy of jaredw_1986 (@flickr.com) - granted under creative commons licence – attribution
 Add a Preposition

Spin the spinner to choose a preposition.

On your whiteboards, write your own
Spin sentence about this picture to include that
preposition.
Photo courtesy of exmoornp (@flickr.com) - granted under creative commons licence – attribution
 The Preposition Police
Read theCould
following passagethe
you change ofprepositions
text. How many prepositions
to a different can you and
preposition see? Write
themthe
still have on sentence
your whiteboard.
make sense?

George took his dog Sally for for aa walk

walk along
alongthethe
Show
canal. Sally waited beside
beside thethe road.
road. They
They walked
walked Hide answers
across the
across the road.
road. Together,
Together, theythey went
went through
througha a answers
tunnel and over
over aa stile.
stile. George
George threw
threw Sally’s
Sally’s ball
ball
toward the
toward thetall
tallgrass
grassandandititlanded
landedininthe
theriver.
river.Sally
Sally
swam through
throughthe thewater
waterandanddived
divedunderneath
underneath thethe
surface to get the ball. She ran back to George and
dropped the ball in frontfrontofofhimhimfor
foranother
anotherturn.
turn.She
dropped
She dropped
it from
it from
her mouth
her mouth
whenwhen
she returned
she returned
next
to him.
next to After
him. After
sunset,sunset,
they went
theyhome
went home
and snuggled
and
on the couch
snuggled on the
beneath
coucha beneath
cosy blanket.
a cosy blanket.
 It’s Your Turn
Look at the pictures below. Write a sentence to go with each picture,
using a different preposition each time.

Share your sentences with a partner.