(...Uh oh! Regarding today's maths activity, don't worry about the double picture of the compound shape - a minor error, you only need to do it once!)

Now on to Literacy...

Pick a preposition

 A preposition usually comes before a noun or a pronoun. It helps to tell us the position of one thing in relation to another in the sentence.

 (Where is the dog?)

For example:

       

The Iron Man stood at the top of the cliff. 

The wind sang through his iron fingers.

 

above	below	across	after	at	before	behind		of
by	down	for	from	inside	in	near		since
through	to	under	up	with	within	about		underneath
during	except	off	like	onto	out of	past		beneath
until	upon	without	around	into	along	on		on top of
owing to	outside	towards	beside	between	over	among		since
in front of	against	instead of

 

  Using a suitable preposition from the word bank above, fill in the missing words in the sentences below:

1. Jeff ran_____ the stairs.

2. _____my house there is a street lamp.

3. He dropped the apple core ____ the top of the bin.

4. The little girl fell _____ the bushes.

5. The turtle swam  _____ the fishes.

6. The lorry went _____ the puddle.

7. Don’t leave me here alone; please ____ wait me.

8. You must clean your teeth  ____ you go to sleep.

9. The dog brushed its paw ____ me.