Teach the Adverb Prepositional Phrase to Your Students

Prepositional phrases can work in a number of different ways in sentences. One of these is adverbially, which means that the phrase tells where, when or how something is happening.

This adverb prepositional phrase worksheet pack has been designed by the Teach Starter team to support your students in identifying when prepositional phrases are being used adverbially. With six unique worksheets, students will explore adverb prepositional phrases through a variety of activities designed to make learning fun and engaging.

Some of the activities you will find in this adverb prepositional phrase worksheet pack include:

1. Prepositional Phrases in Action – Students identify the adverb prepositional phrases in the text provided.
2. Complete the Sentence – Students complete the sentences by adding a missing prepositional phrase working as an adverb.
3. Prepositional Phrase Scramble – Students unscramble the words to create a sentence containing a prepositional phrase.
4. Silly Sentences – Students choose an adverb prepositional phrase from the word bank to create silly sentences.
5. Fix the Sentence – Students fix the sentences by adding a missing prepositional phrase working as an adverb.
6. Cloze Passage – Students complete the story by adding adverb prepositional phrases into the cloze passage.

These adverb prepositional phrase worksheets download as an easy-print PDF or an editable Google Slides file. Answers are included in both file options.

Using These Adverb Prepositional Phrase Examples in Your Lessons

This resource is designed to be flexible, making it easy to integrate into your existing grammar curriculum. Here are some ways to use these adverb prepositional phrase examples in the classroom:

• Teacher Instruction – Use the worksheets as part of a whole-class lesson on adverb prepositional phrases. Walk students through the examples and complete the exercises together via interactive whiteboard.
• Small Group Work –  Choose particular worksheets from the pack to include in a literacy station activity about prepositional phrases. You might like to place the selected worksheets into dry erase sleeves so they can be wiped clean and reused.
• Assessment Tool –  Use the worksheets to check students’ understanding of prepositional phrases used as adverbs before moving on to more complex sentence structures.

These versatile activities ensure that students get multiple opportunities to engage with the concept in different ways, reinforcing their understanding of how adverb prepositional phrases function in sentences.

Download to Teach Prepositional Phrases Used As an Adverb

Use the dropdown menu on the Download button to access your preferred version of these prepositional phrase worksheets. (Note: You will be prompted to make a copy of the Google Slides version to your personal drive before accessing it.)

As this resource contains answer sheets, we recommend printing one copy of the entire file. Then, remove the answer sheets and make photocopies of the worksheets as required.

This resource was created by Kaylyn Chupp, a teacher and a Teach Starter collaborator.

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