4TSO Unit 3, Step 1: My room, my home, my world

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Work individually

Vocabulary practice

We are going to play a little PPT quiz.

Each team gets a whiteboard.

One student writes down the correct word.

Pass on the whiteboard clockwise when you're done.

Step 1, 2/ Where's your stuff?

Ex. 1, p. 131

Listen to Neil Gaiman reading an extract from the book The Dark. Answer the questions by completing the sentences.

1 What is Lazlo afraid of? He is afraid ... .

1 What is Lazlo afraid of? He is afraid of the Dark.

2 Where does the Dark live? It lives ... as Lazlo.

2 Where does the Dark live? It lives in the same house as Lazlo.

3 Where did the Dark sometimes hide? It sometimes hid ... or ... .

3 Where did the Dark sometimes hide? It sometimes hid in the closet or behind the shower curtain.

  

4 Where did the Dark spend most of its time? It spent most of its time ...

4 Where did the Dark spend most of its time? It spent most of its time in the basement.

5 When does the Dark go out? It goes out ...

5 When does the Dark go out? It goes out at night

6 Where does it go then?

It spreads ...  of Lazlo's house.

6 Where does it go then?

It spreads against the windows and doors of Lazlo's house.

7 What does Lazlo do every morning?

He visits the Dark every morning ...

7 What does Lazlo do every morning?

He visits the Dark every morning in the Dark’s room.

8 Why does he do that?

He hopes that if he visits the Dark ... , the Dark would never come ... .

8 Why does he do that?

He hopes that if he visits the Dark in its room, the Dark would never come to his room.

Ex. 2

Look at the phrases you filled in in exercise 1.

a) With what type of word does every phrase you filled in start?

Ex. 2

Look at the phrases you filled in in exercise 1.

a) With what type of word does every phrase you filled in start?

With a preposition.

Which prepositions do you already know? Fill in the word cloud next.

Prepositions

Prepositions of place

Prepositions of movement

towards

across

past

along

beside

among

between

opposite

through

down

inside

by

d) Complete the grid below with the correct preposition of place. Choose from the list in the box.

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Ex. 3

In the sentence ’The Dark would never come to his room.’ the preposition ’to’ indicates something a little bit different than ’place’.

a) What does it indicate?

Ex. 3, p. 122

In the sentence ’The Dark would never come to his room.’ the preposition ’to’ indicates something a little bit different than ’place’.

a) What does it indicate?

It indicates movement.

b) Link a preposition of movement to a picture.

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'blue pages' p. 142 

'blue pages' p. 143

We are going to play a little multiple choice quiz. Choose the correct option.

He threw the ball ... the hoop.

1. in
2. across
3. through

The golf ball is rolling... the hole.

1. to(wards)
2. at
3. in

The dog ran ... the street.

1. over
2. across
3. through

The girl is hiding... the couch.

1. after
2. behind
3. below

prepostion of time

preposition of place

after

behind

The man is leaning ... the wall.

1. on
2. next to
3. against

Here's Eileen ... her friends.

1. among
2. between
3. next to her

The boy is sitting ... the TV.

1. before
2. in front of
3. opposite

prepostion of time

preposition of place

before

in front of

Zach and Benedict are sitting ... two ferns.

1. among
2. between
3. next to

These people are walking ... the street.

1. on
2. along
3. past

How would you translate the word 'along' (like in 'along the street') in Dutch?

These jets flew ... the bridge.

1. across
2. over
3. past
4. along

Prepare ex. 4-5-6 in your workbooks. Check your answers in the correction keys (ex. 4 and 5) and ask your teacher for some feedback (ex. 6)

Ex. 7

Picture dictation!

Work with a partner. You will get a floor plan of a bedroom.

a Describe where the items listed on your handout are.

b Your classmate will listen and draw where those items are.

Switch roles.

Do you still have questions about these prepositions? Post them here!