Racing to English

Preposition picture pairs in front of, behind, towards, away from

TEACHERS NOTES

CONTENTS

• Set of preposition picture cards

• Set of matching sentence cards

Language learning objectives:
Language functions	Describing position and direction
Sentence structure	They are running towards the tree.
Vocabulary	in front of, behind, towards, away from

ACTIVITY 1 - MATCHING

Give a group of two/three pupils/students the two sets of cards and ask them to match them.

For younger children give them a smaller number, for example six picture cards and six word cards or even two sets of picture cards.

ACTIVITY 2 - VISIBLE PAIRS (for two to four players)

1. Spread out the two sets of cards face down on the table.

2. Players take it in turn to turn over one of the cards leaving them face up.

3. If any two of the cards match then the player who has just turned over a card can take those two cards.

4. The player with the most cards at the end is the winner.

NB

For younger children it is sometimes useful to use two sets of picture cards rather than one picture set and one word set.

	They are running towards the tree.
	They are running towards the tree.
	They are running away from the tree.
	They are running towards the house.
	They are running away from the house.
	They are running away from the house.
	They are sitting in front of the house.
	They are standing behind the house.
	They are standing behind the table.
	They are standing in front of the table.
	They are sitting in front of the tree.
	They are sitting behind the tree.

Racing to English

© Gordon Ward 2010. Photocopiable only for use in the purchasing institution. Step 16: Preposition picture pairs

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