LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• TO RECALL AND REVISIT THE CONCEPT AND USAGE OF PREPOSITIONS.

• TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT THEMSELVES AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO THE
TEACHER AND THE REST OF THE CLASS.
• TO IDENTIFY AND USE PREPOSITIONS IN THEIR DAY TO DAY CONVERSATIONS.
INTRODUCE YOURSELF:
• YOUR NAME
• WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
• YOUR LIKES/ DISLIKES
• SOMETHING REALLY NICE
THAT HAD HAPPENED
DURING THEIR VACATION.

Take a notebook and write few lines

about yourself and share it with your
partner.
Let your partner know about you.
When the teacher calls your name,
you have to introduce your partner to
the whole class.
FEW SENTENCES TOLD BY THE CHILDREN ARE NOTED IN THE WHITE BOARD:
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QUESTIONS:
1. LOOK AT THE SENTENCES ABOVE AND IDENTIFY ITS PREPOSITION AND OBJECT
OF THE PREPOSITION.
2. WHY DO YOU CALL THIS A PREPOSITION?
3. WHAT DO YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS?
READ THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES AND FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE
SENTENCES. DISCUSS WITH YOUR PEERS AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN
YOUR NOTEBOOK.

• WE RAN THE BUILDING.

• THE DOG DUG A HOLE THE BUSH THE HOUSE.
• TINA JUMPED THE BUSH WHILE THE CAT SLEPT IT.

QUESTIONS
1. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS MISSING IN THESE SENTENCES?
2. HIGHLIGHT THE MISSING WORD AND WRITE IT IN YOUR NOTEBOOK.
3. WHAT IS A PREPOSITION?
4. WHAT ARE PREPOSITIONS OF TIME, PLACE AND MOVEMENT?
ANSWERS
• WE RAN AROUND THE BUILDING. (THE PREPOSITION "AROUND" SHOWS THE DIRECTION OF THE
RUNNING IN RELATION TO THE BUILDING)
• THE DOG DUG A HOLE IN THE BUSH BY THE HOUSE. (THE PREPOSITIONS "IN" AND "BY" SHOW
THE LOCATION OF THE BUSH AND THE HOUSE IN RELATION TO THE HOLE)
• TINA JUMPED OVER THE BUSH WHILE THE CAT SLEPT BESIDE IT. (THE PREPOSITIONS "OVER"
AND "BESIDE" SHOW THE POSITION OF THE BUSH AND THE CAT IN RELATION TO TINA'S JUMP)
• Discuss with your partners, why a preposition is an important part of a complete sentence.
GUIDED PRACTICE (GROUP ACTIVITY)
ACT OUT A SCENARIO WHERE YOU ARE GIVING DIRECTIONS TO A FRIEND USING PREPOSITIONS TO
INDICATE THE LOCATION OF DIFFERENT
Prompts: LANDMARKS.
• Assign roles and make sure
you understood the role that
you are about to play.
• Use prepositions in your
dialogues.
• Use your imagination
• Be creative in the use of
prepositions. For eg) use
prepositions to describe the
position of the objects,
people or animals in a scene,
or to explain the route or Things to Remember:
method of transportation. • Learn the meanings of prepositions.
• Pay attention to word order.
• Consider verb-preposition combinations
• Use context clues
MATCH THE FOLLOWING TERMS WITH THEIR DEFINITIONS:

1. PREPOSITIONS - (A) AT THE ENTRANCE, ON THE BUILDING

2. PREPOSITION OF TIME - (B) A PHRASE THAT BEGINS WITH A PREPOSITION
AND ENDS WITH AN
OBJECT
3. PREPOSITION OF PLACE - (C)HE WALKED AROUND THE TABLE AND
MOVED TOWARDS THE WINDOW
4. PREPOSITION OF MOVEMENT - (D) LINKS NOUNS, PRONOUNS, PHRASES
WITHIN A SENTENCE
5. PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES - (E) ON MY BIRTHDAY, AT SUNRISE.
`ANSWERS:
1. D, 2. E, 3. A, 4. C, 5. B.
FILL IN EACH BLANK WITH PREPOSITIONS TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCE:
I WILL MEET YOU OUTSIDE THE STORE.
1. PUT YOUR BRIEFCASE _______ THE TABLE.
2. TIE THE STRING _______ THE PACKAGE.
3. WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A REPLY______ YESTERDAY.
4. THE GAME WILL NOT BE HELD _______NOON.
5. THE RESTAURANT IS ___________A LAKE.
6. DRAW A LINE _______ THE PAPER.
7. I WILL SEARCH FOR THE LETTER ________ MY DESK.
8. THE COVERING WAS PLACED _________THE FURNITURE.
9. LOOK _________THE TELESCOPE TO SEE SATURN.
10. CALL ME ANY DAY _______TUESDAY.
ANSWERS:
1.ON, 2. AROUND, 3. SINCE, 4. UNTIL, 5. BY, 6. ON, 7. ON, 8. OVER, 9. THROUGH, 10. EXCEPT
ATTEMPT THE QUESTIONS AS DIRECTED-
IDENTIFY THE PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES IN THE GIVEN SENTENCES.
1. AROUND THE GARDEN, WE OFTEN SEE A RABBIT HOPPING.
2. OUR TEACHERS ARE HOSTING A MEETING IN THE LIBRARY AFTER SCHOOL.
3. EVERY YEAR, WE DANCE WITH MY FRIENDS NEAR THE BIG POND.
4. MY FAMILY AND I ENJOY WALKING THROUGH THE WOODS WITH OUR DOGS.
5. DID YOU SEE THE CAT JUMP OVER THE FENCE?
6.SHE PUT HER SHOES BY THE BACK DOOR BECAUSE THEY WERE MUDDY.
7. HER PARENTS EAT CHILI AT THE FAMOUS RESTAURANT.
8. THE STUDENTS WRITE ALL OF THE ANSWERS IN THEIR NOTEBOOKS.
9. THE TEACHER WRITES THE QUESTIONS ON THE BOARD.
10. MY COACH HAS THE STUDENTS PRACTICE INSIDE THE BIG GYM AT THE SCHOOL.
11. THIS SINGER HAS CONCERTS AROUND THE WORLD IN BIG CITIES.
12. SHE CAN ONLY BUY THESE CARROTS AT THIS GROCERY STORE IN CHICAGO.
PINK
STUDENTS CLUSTER IN A GROUP OF 5 AND ASKS THE STUDENTS TO PREPARE A ROLE
PLAY BY INTRODUCING THEMSELVES TO EACH OTHER ON THEIR FIRST DAY OF
SCHOOL BY MAKING AS MANY PREPOSITIONS IN THEIR CONVERSATION.

ORANGE
USING A PREPOSITION IN EACH SENTENCE, WRITE TEN SENTENCES TELLING WHERE
A NUMBER OF THINGS IN YOUR HOME ARE LOCATED. USE AS MANY DIFFERENT
PREPOSITIONS AS YOU CAN.
FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH CORRECT PREPOSITIONS:
1. SHE LEARNED RUSSIAN AT THE AGE OF 45.
2. THE BOOK WAS WRITTEN BY MARK TWAIN.
3. I’LL SHOW YOU THE PICTURE OF THE PALACE.
4. WE CAN ONLY GET TO THE CAMP ON FOOT.
5. HE REMINDS ME OF HIS OLD HISTORY TEACHER.
6. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
7. BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR WE WILL HAVE MADE OVER £ 100,000.
8. SHE ALWAYS GETS UP EARLY IN THE MORNING AND GOES TO BED LATE AT NIGHT.
9. I WENT TO WORK ON TUESDAY BUT I DIDN’T GO ON FRIDAY.
10. YOU’LL HAVE TO WAIT. HE’LL BE WITH YOU IN A MINUTE.
11. PHILIP WAITED FOR HER AT THE MOVIE THEATRE.
12. HE STARTED LEARNING ENGLISH IN 2005.
13. YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THE TICKETS ON THE DAY YOU ORDER THEM.
14. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THIS COMPANY.
15. IT’S VERY KIND OF YOU TO HELP US.
THE CHALLENGE FOR LEARNERS: (G&T/HA/MA):
• HAVE STUDENTS RESEARCH A PIECE OF TEXT (SUCH AS THE FOLKTALES BASED ON UAE) AND
IDENTIFY AS MANY PREPOSITIONS AS THEY CAN WHILE READING

HOME ASSIGNMENT/ EXTENDED LEARNING:

• WRITE A PARAGRAPH ON THEIR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL ADDING UP PREPOSITIONS.