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Little Joining Words

The small words that hold a sentence together

Lesson 9 of 14
Year 3

Task 1 gives the letter of the right option as printed on the sheet. Task 2 lists the mistakes in the order they appear, with the correction. Task 3 and 4 answers are models, not the only acceptable wording: any answer that uses the rule the lesson taught should be credited.

MildWhat comes next? A thing means preposition. A whole part means conjunction.

1 · Tick the right one

a Ab Ac Bd BA = left option, B = right option

3 · Now you write

Model answers
  1. The spoon is under the counter.
  2. I ate my lunch because I was hungry.
  3. We washed up after lunch.

4 · Help Polpetta

In after lunch, after is a preposition, because a thing (lunch) follows it, not a whole part, and it tells you when. After is only a conjunction when a whole part follows, like after we ate lunch.

2 · Find the 3 mistakes

1while (preposition)while (conjunction)
2on (conjunction)on (preposition)
3because (preposition)because (conjunction)

'in (preposition)' is the decoy label and is already right.

MediumRead what follows. A noun means preposition; a whole part means conjunction.

1 · Tick the right one

a Ab Bc Bd AA = left option, B = right option

3 · Now you write

Model answers
  1. Tick: under, behind · The cat sleeps under the table.
  2. Tick: after, before · We open the café after breakfast.
  3. Tick: while · I laid the table while Leo made the salad.

4 · Help Polpetta

After is not a conjunction when only a thing follows it, like after lunch: nothing is being joined. It just tells you when, so it is a preposition. It is a conjunction only when a whole part follows, like after we ate lunch.

2 · Find the 4 mistakes

1while (preposition)while (conjunction)
2on (conjunction)on (preposition)
3after (conjunction)after (preposition)
4because (preposition)because (conjunction)

'in (preposition)' is the decoy label and is already right.

SpicySome words do both jobs. What follows them decides which cupboard they go in.

1 · Tick the right one

a Bb Ac Ad BA = left option, B = right option

3 · Now you write

Model answers
  1. Wash your hands before lunch, and wash them again before you touch the bread.
  2. We open after breakfast. We open after we have eaten breakfast.
  3. I stayed and I helped. And is a conjunction because it joins two whole parts, and it never sits before a thing to tell you where or when, so it is never a preposition.

4 · Help Polpetta

Until is not always a conjunction. In wait until the bell and wait until Friday only a thing follows, so until is a preposition telling you when. It is a conjunction only in wait until it stops raining, where a whole part follows. Preposition example: We stayed until midnight.

2 · Find the 6 mistakes

1while (preposition)while (conjunction)
2on (conjunction)on (preposition)
3after (conjunction)after (preposition)
4after (preposition)after (conjunction)
5because (preposition)because (conjunction)
6until (preposition)until (conjunction)

'in (preposition)' is the decoy label and is already right. after is the word labelled wrongly twice: preposition before lunch, conjunction before the guests have gone.

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