Prepositions of motion games

Simple ideas for teachers to use as classroom lessons. First, get a pile of index cards preferably ones that you cannot see through. Divide the cards into two piles — one pile will be prepositions, the other will be nouns. Write the preositions of motion [over, through, under, around, into, out of,. On the other pile of cards, write nouns or get your class to suggest nouns [my nose, the library, a tiger, my brother, the teacher, Jupiter,.

Give the students at the drawing board markers or chalk, and give the students on the other side of the classroom the cards. You should mark on the back of the cards which cards are nouns or prepositions. It is suitable for English as a second language students rather than native speakers. The prepositions are generally basic and the vocal is quite low level. A preposition is a word or phrase that shows a relationship between 2 things in a sentence.

For example the sentence "The book is on the shelf" contains 2 objects book and shelf and the preposition 'on' denotes a relationship between them. Other examples of preposition include 'under', 'by', 'with', 'without', 'because of'.

In this game, all the preposition used are prepositions of place which means that they describe where objects are in relation to other objects. The aim of this game is to give students an opportunity to practise prepositions in a way that has a clear visual context.

And in a way that is interactive with immediate feedback. Students can actively move objects and see them positioned according to a preposition; it is hoped that through this, students can get a more concrete understanding of prepositions and their meaning.

Each time a student reads and understands a preposition and then moves the object accordingly, they are re-enforcing the meaning in a realistic context. To play the game a student just has to read the sentence and then move the matching object to the correct position. Next, students choose the correct preposition of movement to complete each sentence by selecting multiple-choice answers.

Students then move on to complete sentences with the correct preposition of movement. In pairs, students then ask and answer a set of conversation questions with their partner. Afterwards, pairs give feedback on their answers and the prepositions of movement are reviewed with the class.

Name Three. In this free prepositions of movement game, students name three things that correspond to different prepositions of movement. Read the first item on the worksheet to the class, i. In teams, students then brainstorm and write down three answers. When a team has three answers, they put up their hand and the other teams stop writing. If the team gives three suitable answers, they win the round and score a point, e. The team then tries to make a sentence with the preposition of movement and three answers for an extra point, e.

This process is repeated until the worksheet is complete. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins. Seek it out.