Lesson Plan of Prepositions
English Grade IV
Students’ Learning Outcomes
· Demonstrate the use of some words showing position, time and movement
Information for Teachers
· A noun is a part of speech that denotes a person, animal, place, thing, or idea.
· Prepositions are words that show the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and some other word or element in the rest of the sentence.

· Prepositions are short words that usually stand in front of nouns.
· Prepositions show the relationship between a noun and other word or elements in the sentence.
· Preposition tells the position of a noun.
(Examples: on, in, out, behind, under)
Ø The book is on the table.
Ø The book is in the bag.
Ø The book is behind the bag.
Ø The cat is under the table.
Preposition here is telling the position of the noun “book”
· There are three kinds of preposition:
v Place of preposition like on, in, under etc.
v Time of preposition like in, on, at etc.
v Direction of preposition like to, from, into etc.
· Prepositions of Time: at, on, and in:
v We use at for the exact time on the clock. For example: the train is due at 12:15 p.m.
v We use on for days and dates. For example: My brother is coming on Monday. We‘re having a party on the 4th of May.
v We use in for nonspecific times during a day, a month, a season, or a year i.e. When we don’t know the exact time. For example: She likes to walk in the morning. It is too cold in winter.
· Preposition of movement/direction: to, from and into. Movement/direction to person or building. For example: go to Pakistan.
· “From…..to” is used to refer to the beginning and end of an activity or event. For example: “The weather was stormy from Wednesday to Friday”.
· “Into” is used to enter a room / a building. For example: I go into the kitchen. I entered into the house.
Material / Resources
Board, chalk/marker, chart paper to draw the tables on it; if easily available otherwise draw the tables on the board
Worm up activity
· Ask the students about prepositions as they have already read about prepositions of position in the previous class.
· Note the responses of the students on the board.
· Remind them how important prepositions are.
Development
Activity 1
· Propulsion of Time:
· Show them the following chart for the understanding of prepositions of time.
· Ask to them to copy the given table in their notebooks.
English
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Usage
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Example
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On
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· Dates, days of the week
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· On 14th August, on Monday
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In
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· Month/seasons
· Time of day
· Year
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· In August/in winter
· In the morning
· In 2016
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At
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· For night/noon
· For weekend
· A certain point of time (when?)
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· At night
· At the weekend
· At 7 o’ clock
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· Show the students to the following chart for the understanding of prepositions of place.
· Ask to the students to copy the given table in their notebooks.
· Prepositions- place position:
English
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Usage
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Example
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In
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· Room, building, street, town, country, car, taxi
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· In the kitchen,
· In Pakistan
· In the car
· In a taxi
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At
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· Meaning next to, by on object
· For table
· For events
· Place where you are to do something typical (watch a film, study work)
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· At the door
· At the station
· At the table
· At a concert
· At the party
· At the cinema
· At school
· At work
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On
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· Attached
· Being on surface
· For a floor in a house.
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· On the wall
· On the table
· On the first floor
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· Preposition of movement:
· Show the students the following chart and explain to them the prepositions of movement.
To
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· Movement to person or building
· Movement to a place or country
· For bed
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· Go to the cinema
· Go to Pakistan
· Go to bed
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Into
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· Enter a room/a building
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· Go into the kitchen/the house
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From
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· In the sense of where from
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· A flower from the garden
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· Ask to the students to work in groups of four students each and use each preposition of movement in a simple sentence.
· Ask the students to write only three sentences in their notebooks after discussing with their group fellows.
· Help the students where they need it.
Activity 4
· Make the students do the exercises and activities given in the textbook related to this topic.
Sum up / Conclusion
· Ask the students the use of prepositions of time, movement and position.
· Write these sentences on board and ask them to add prepositions.
v The food is _______the fridge.
v The keys are ______top of the fridge.
v He will visit us _____noon.
v The teacher wrote ____the board.
Assessment
· Give the students the following sentences and ask them to underline the preposition.
v Aiman was born in December.
v She is sitting on the floor.
v Ayesha is knocking at the door.
v I am going to bazar.
Follow up
· Ask the students to revise and learn the three tables given above.
