Prepositions and Places in the City

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• English
• Primary Education

PLACES AND PREPOSITIONS

Level: 4th Grade

Open the lesson by linking the topic to real life: finding places, giving directions, and describing where things are in a town or city.

Objective Class

In this lesson, students will be able to identify common places in a town and use basic prepositions of place (next to, behind, opposite, between, in front of) to describe where buildings or objects are located.

Which city places do you know in English?

Warm-Up

Use this as a quick warm-up after the learning goal. Accept single words or short phrases such as bank, park, school, hospital, bus stop, shop, cinema.

Introduction

We use prepositions of place to describe position.

They help us say where a place is:

• next to the bank

• opposite the school

• between two buildings

Keep the focus on places in a city rather than abstract grammar. Students at this level benefit from clear examples with familiar locations.

LET´S SING A SONG

• They help us find places

• They help us give simple directions

• They make descriptions clear and correct

• They are common in everyday English

Why prepositions matter?

Vocabulary Places in the city

Common places

park - a green place to relax

supermarket - a shop for food

cinema - a place to watch films

More places

bank - a place for money

school - a place for learning

hospital - a place for doctors and patients

This slide introduces the city vocabulary that students will use with prepositions. Keep meanings simple and concrete.

Pronunciation practice

Say the phrases clearly:

• next to

• opposite the school

• between the bank and the park

• in front of the hospital

• behind the cinema

Draw attention to word stress in longer phrases. Model connected speech, especially in front of and opposite the school.

Digital activity

Digital tools match pairs in EDUCA PLAY ACTIVITY

Students match places and definitions choose the correct answer.

EDUCA PLAY

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ACTIVITY CLASS

• next to

• opposite

• between

• in front of

• behind

Use gestures or board drawings to show each preposition clearly. Students often confuse opposite and in front of, so model both.

Prepositions in sentences

• The bank is next to the park.

• The park is opposite the cinema.

• The hospital is between the school and the museum.

• The bus restaurant is in front of the hospital.

• The school is behind the supermarket.

Which preposition means in the middle of two places?

A

opposite

B

between

C

behind

D

next to

Checks the key meaning of between after the vocabulary and sentence examples.

Complete the city sentences

The park is opposite the cinema. The hospital is between the school and the museum. The school is behind the supermarket.

opposite

between

behind

next to

in front of

bank

park

These phrases echo the model sentences on the previous slide, so students focus on matching each preposition to the correct relationship.

LET´S PLAY A GAME MONOPOLY PLACES AND PREPOSITIONS

Instructions:

Take your turn

Roll the dice

Start with the sentence: "The cat is....

The students should say the preposition and the place, according where the dice landed.

For example: The cat is in the park.

How confident do you feel about city prepositions now?

How technology supports learning

CALL means Computer-Assisted Language Learning.

It helps students practise vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar with audio, images, and instant feedback.

Keep the explanation simple. The key idea is that technology supports language learning through practice and feedback.

E-learning and blended learning

Blended learning

Learning with digital materials such as videos, quizzes, and online tasks. Such as: EDUCA PLAY, Youtube.

A mix of classroom teaching and digital practice.

Students learn with the teacher and then practise again online.

E-learning

Learning with a song

A song can repeat key words and phrases.

It helps students remember:

• place vocabulary

• prepositions

• sentence rhythm

• pronunciation

Although no specific song is named, keep the conclusion focused on repetition, memory, and pronunciation support.

Conclusion

Songs help learning English because they are memorable and easy to repeat.

When students hear city vocabulary and prepositions in a song, they can understand, pronounce, and remember them more easily.