Grade 1 · Lesson 77 — Interleave: Prepositions + Conjunctions

U1 · Level One — Parts of Speech · Prepositions + Conjunctions · student sheet is G1_L77_Worksheet.html
Ask the question, then answer. Preposition: “Can I say it in front of “the box”?” · Conjunction: “What two things is it holding together?”

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EmilyandJameswalkedtothecinema.1Ask: Can I say it in front of “the box”?2Try it — “to the box” ✓ — so “to” is a preposition.3Ask: What two things is it holding together?4Try it — “__ and __” ✓ — so “and” is a conjunction.Two questions. Two answers. One sentence — the marks stay.
Before you mark: The questions jump around. Watch for children answering the previous question out of habit.
  1. Find the preposition.
    The cat sat under the chair.
    the preposition in “The cat sat under the chair.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  2. Find the conjunction.
    My brother and my sister walked to school.
    the conjunction in “My brother and my sister walked to school.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  3. Find the preposition.
    My bag is on the table.
    the preposition in “My bag is on the table.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  4. Find the conjunction.
    The soup was hot but very good.
    the conjunction in “The soup was hot but very good.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  5. Find the preposition.
    We walked through the garden.
    the preposition in “We walked through the garden.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  6. Find the conjunction.
    We can read now or we can read later.
    the conjunction in “We can read now or we can read later.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
Secure looks like: Answers the right question for each item without prompting, and self-corrects when they realize they answered the previous one.
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