This Year 3 prepositions make a match game is a fun way for pupils to develop their understanding of prepositions. They will match the image cards to the relevant preposition, expanding their vocabulary choices.
The game can be played as a class or in small groups and is perfect for adult led interventions to revisit key knowledge and skills.
This resource pack includes:
- 19 word cards
- 19 image cards
What is a preposition?
A preposition links a following noun, pronoun or noun phrase to some other word in the sentence and can be used to add information after a noun to expand a noun phrase. Prepositions often describe locations or directions, but can describe other things, such as relations of time. Words like ‘before’ or ‘since’ can act either as prepositions or as conjunctions.
Preposition examples
on, off, to, away, near, above, below, over, past, through, under, up, down, along
National Curriculum English programme of study links
Pupils should be taught to use conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time and cause.
Pupils should be taught to use and understand the grammatical terminology in English appendix 2 accurately and appropriately when discussing their writing.