Imperative verbs and prepositions
Imperative verbs come at the start of an instruction. They tell you what to do.
Example: Put the sand into a cup. Add some rice to the same cup.
Put and Add are both imperative verbs.
Prepositions tell you about the position of objects in a sentence.
Example: We put sand and rice into the cup. We put the cup on the table.
into and on are both prepositions.
Highlight the imperative verbs below in one colour.
Highlight the prepositions in another colour.
Instructions for using a sieve to separate rice and sand
Put a plate under the sieve.
Pour the mixture into the sieve.
Hold the sieve over the plate.
Shake the sieve to make the sand fall
onto the plate.
Activity 2.4
Labelling scientific filtering equipment
Write the labels on this diagram.
Use these words.
filter paper
solid
funnel
liquid
mixture
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filtrate
residue
liquid
filter paper
test tube
funnel
beaker
solid
funnel
filter paper
On the diagram show what is left in each part of the equipment. Join up the labels to the correct
part of the diagram too!
Filtering
Name: _________________________________________
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