A one-page prepositions check for Year 3, with the answer key on page 2. Pupils circle the preposition in four sentences, then fill three gaps with before, during or until from a word bank. They finish a sentence about a dragon with their own prepositional phrase and tick the preposition from quickly, beneath and happy. The key accepts any correct phrase for the dragon sentence. It follows England National Curriculum grammar for Year 3.
Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
“Expressing time, place and cause using conjunctions [for example, when, before, after, while, so, because], adverbs [for example, then, next, soon, therefore], or prepositions [for example, before, after, during, in, because of]”
Gaps 5 to 7 ask for a time preposition, and sentences 1 to 4 include under, after, behind and during.
Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
“Using and understanding the grammatical terminology in English Appendix 2 accurately and appropriately when discussing their writing and reading.”
The sheet uses the terms preposition and prepositional phrase, and question 9 asks pupils to pick the preposition from three words.
Pupils circle the preposition in four sentences: under the wooden table, after our maths lesson, behind the tall garden fence and during the heavy storm.
Three gaps in We wash our hands, It rained and Wait here, to fill from a word bank of before, during and until.
Pupils finish The dragon flew with a prepositional phrase. A small picture of a dragon beside a tower sits next to the line.
Pupils tick the one preposition out of quickly, beneath and happy.
Each answer, plus sample phrases for the dragon sentence such as over the castle and across the sky.
Starter
Put a book on a chair, under it and behind it, and ask pupils to name the word that shows where. Then let them circle the prepositions in Part 1.
Quick assessment
Hand it out at the end of a prepositions lesson and mark with the key in five minutes. Question 9 shows who still mixes up beneath and an adverb like quickly.
Sentence sharing
Read a few dragon sentences aloud and ask the class to spot the preposition that starts each phrase.
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