PREPOSITIONS
1 Warm
up – Prepositions
Use this
opportunity to review vocabulary you plan on using in this lesson. Example:
table, bookcase, cupboard, computer,pone,cd, tv, sofá, radio, mirror ,wardrobe.
Have all the students stand. Ask questions like “What is
this?” while holding up a pen or pointing to an object. Have students volunteer
to answer by raising their hands. Choose a student and if he answers correctly
he may sit down. Repeat until all students are seated. Usually no more than
about ten questions are asked. The exercise should take approximately five
minutes.
2
Introduce – Prepositions Pronunciation
The words below are a good set to begin with:
- in
- on
- behind
- under
- between
- next to
. Demonstrate the pronunciation of each word
one at a time having students repeat it after you. If certain students appear
not to be participating, call on them individually to pronounce the word for
the class. You may want to start a chain where the first student says the first
vocabulary word, the next student says the second, and the third student says
the third, etc until all students have had the opportunity to say at least one
word aloud with a good pronunciation. Drilling is important however it is often
boring for students so adding in some fun elements can encourage them to
participate.
3 Introduce
– Prepositions Meaning
Try to have the students come up with the
meaning or translation of each word. Use example sentences such as “I am in
front of the board. Now I am in front of the desk. Now I am in front of Jane.”
and change your position in the classroom accordingly. Use as many example
sentences as you can think of for each preposition trying to get the students
to guess its meaning.
4
practice
To test
comprehension , do a exercise. On the board there is a messy bedroom and the
preposition, tell students to choose a preposition on the board and put it in
the correct place in the bedroom , after that the student has to say a sentence
using the preposition aloud.
