1. LO. I know what prepositions are and how to use them.

2. WILF
I know that a preposition is a word that gives information about time or place.
I know that a preposition introduces a noun phrase, which does not contain a verb.
I can identify whether a word is being used as a subordinating conjunction or as a preposition.

3. A preposition is a word that gives information about time and place.
A preposition introduces a noun phrase, which does not contain a verb.

4. Time
Place
Both
after
above by
before
between at
until
beside in
since
below on
from
beneath
during
behind
under
near
over
next
against
in front of
across
opposite

5. Conjunction or Preposition?
Sentence
before used as a subordinating conjunction
before used as a preposition
We left the restaurant before dessert.
Tickets to enter the theme park are more expensive before 11 in the morning.
We have breakfast before we leave for school.

6. after used as a subordinating conjunction after used as a preposition
Conjunction or Preposition?
Sentence
after used as a subordinating conjunction
after used as a preposition
We arrived after breakfast.
The bus left after everyone got on.
It will be sunny after the rain.

7. until used as a subordinating conjunction until used as a preposition
Conjunction or Preposition?
Sentence
until used as a subordinating conjunction
until used as a preposition
We can’t leave for the airport until I find the passports.
You can stay up until midnight on New Year’s Eve.
Sam is visiting his grandma until the weekend.

8. Ali locked the door before he left.
Tick all the sentences that contain a preposition.
Ali locked the door before he left.
The shops are beyond the main road.
My brother is behind me in the race.
Barry is below Andrew in the register.

9. Ali locked the door before he left.
Tick all the sentences that contain a preposition.
Ali locked the door before he left.
The shops are beyond the main road.
My brother is behind me in the race.
Barry is below Andrew in the register.

10. after used as a subordinating conjunction after used as a preposition
Tick one box in each row to show whether the word after is used as a subordinating conjunction or as a preposition.
Sentence
after used as a subordinating conjunction
after used as a preposition
He moved here after the end of the war.
Entry is free after 5pm in the evening.
I went to the cinema after I had eaten my dinner.