Preposition or Adverb? Outside, Inside, Around
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Preposition or Adverb? Outside, Inside, Around
Preposition or adverb: decide whether outside, inside, and around start a phrase with a noun or stand alone, find the preposition in a sentence, and write a sentence with inside as an adverb. With an answer key.
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Preposition or Adverb?A teaching handout to hand out before this sheet: the rule, worked examples and common mistakes.- Pages
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Find the words that show where something is or when it happens (prepositions), and the phrases they start, such as under the bed and after lunch.
Reviewed by Mrs. Sarah Thompson, Teacher and Ms. Rachel Wilson, Teacher. How we check worksheets
How to use this sheet
- Act out prepositions with a toy and a box: on, under, next to, behind.
- Have the child underline the whole prepositional phrase, from the preposition to its noun.
- For conjunctions, have the child say what each one does: and adds, but shows a contrast, so shows a result.
Common mistakes
- Thinking every small word is a preposition, such as and or the.
- Using "but" where there is no contrast, as in "I like apples but I like pears".
- Starting a sentence with a conjunction such as because and not finishing the thought.
