Pairing Verbs and Prepositions
(Workbook page no:12)
Objective:
Students will be able
to identify Verbs and
prepositions in a
sentence.
Warm up:
What is a verb?
What is a Preposition?
Use a verb and a
preposition in a sentence.
A Preposition is a word used to
Preposition
link nouns, pronouns, or phrases
to other words within a sentence.
They act to connect the people,
object, time and locations in a
sentence. Prepositions are
usually short words, and they are
normally placed directly in front
of nouns or verbs.
In, of, to, at, by,
For example:
for, with, under,
above, into, upon,
behind, from,
against, between
 There are three types of Prepositions:
 Prepositions for Time
Types of
Prepositions
 e.g.’in evening, in morning, at 3 pm, at bedtime’
 Prepositions for Place
 e.g. ‘in a hall, on the table, at the bus station’
 Prepositions of Direction
 e.g. ‘into, to, through, towards’
 Verbs are the action words in a sentence that
Verbs
describe what the subject is doing. Along
with nouns, verbs are the main parts of a
sentence or phrase, telling a story about what
is taking place. Actually, a verb can be a
sentence by itself, with the subject, in most
cases you implied, such as, ‘Sing!’and
‘Drive!’
 Examples:
 Mark eats his dinner quickly.
 We went to the market.
 You write neatly in your notebook.
Activity: Identify
the Verb and
Preposition in the
sentence.
1. My mom looked after me when I was young.
2. I sat between my two best friends at the assembly.
3. Someone tapped my shoulder, so I looked behind me.
4. My father had to crawl under the house to look for the raccoon.
5. I leaned against the wall because my legs were hurting.
6. I ran towards the light because I was scared.
1. My mom looked after me when I was young.
2. I sat between my two best friends at the assembly.
3. Someone tapped my shoulder, so I looked behind me.
4. My father had to crawl under the house to look for the raccoon.
5. I leaned against the wall because my legs were hurting.
6. I ran towards the light because I was scared.
Discussion on the
Discussion
workbook page
no:12
Written work
(workbook page 12)
Pair activity: One
Wrap up:
student will tell a
sentence to her
partner and she will
identify Verbs and
Prepositions in it.