Prepositions and Connectives
Year 8 Vocabulary Starters
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Contents
Introduction to prepositions
Prepositions of place
Introduction to connectives
Comparing and contrasting
Temporal connectives
Cause and effect
Indicating purpose and reservation
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Prepositions and connectives - prepositions
Introduction to
prepositions
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Prepositions
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Prepositions
at
in
under
on
through
between
down
with
off
underneath
near
without
Mr Farrell is writing a list of prepositions.
Can you think of any more he could add?
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Spot the prepositions
Read the extract from Thomas Hardy’s Far from the
Madding Crowd below. Can you spot all of the
prepositions?
When Farmer Oak smiled, the corners of
of his
his mouth
mouth spread
spread
till they
till
they were
were within
withinan
anunimportant
unimportantdistance
distanceofofhis
hisears,
ears,his
his
eyes were reduced to
to chinks,
chinks, and
and diverging
diverging wrinkles
wrinkles
appeared round
roundthem,
them,extending
extendingupon
uponhis
hiscountenance
countenancelike
like
the rays in
in aa rudimentary
rudimentary sketch
sketch of
of the
the rising
rising sun.
sun.
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Prepositions and connectives - prepositions
Prepositions of place
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Prepositions of place
Imagine you are asked the following questions. Can
you give an adequate answer WITHOUT using a
preposition? Try it!
Where is your
homework?
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Where is
Mogg?
Where is
my book?
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Prepositions of place
Look at the pictures below. Use the prepositions in
the box to say where each item is placed.
Question:
Where
Whereare
is the
the
television?
towel
drawers?
painting?
towel?
bath?
rail?
IN
ON
BENEATH BESIDE
BY
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Prepositions and connectives - prepositions
Introduction to
connectives
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Connectives
A connective is a word or phrase which links two ideas.
Different connectives do different things.
Link events
by time
and sequence
Link causes with
their effects
Make links
which
add and build
upon
Connectives will help you to structure your writing by making
it flow more.
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Adding connectives
AND is the most commonly used connective.
Lei likes clothes. Lei
likes shopping.
Becomes
Lei likes clothes and
shopping.
Can you construct three more sentences which use
the connective ‘and’ to join two ideas together?
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Adding connectives
The word ‘and’ is an adding connective.
Here are some more:
ALSO
TOO
AS WELL AS
FURTHERMORE
MOREOVER
What are your likes and dislikes? Use the words above
to join your ideas together in sentences.
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Can you think of any more adding connectives?
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Comparing and
contrasting
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Comparing and contrasting
What is the difference between comparing and
contrasting?
A comparison is when
you link two things that
are similar.
Showing things in contrast
is when you link two things
by showing their difference.
I love cheeseburgers with
ketchup just as Megan
loves hamburgers with
ketchup.
I prefer mayonnaise on
chips whereas Tom
always has ketchup.
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Comparing and contrasting
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Comparing and contrasting
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Temporal connectives
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Time and sequence
Other ideas are linked by time or sequence. For these we
use temporal connectives. These connectives can help to
signal an order to your writing. For example:
firstly
during
next
later
before
finally
What types of writing might benefit from the
use of temporal connectives?
Can you write using these connectives? Have a go!
Write a guide to preparing tea and toast for an alien who
has just landed on earth. Use the connectives above,
and any others you wish, to instruct the alien so that the
toast isn’t cold by the time the tea has brewed!
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Cause and effect
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Cause and effect
Another type of connective helps to indicate a link between
a cause and an effect.
What is the connective in this sentence?
II like
like Lei
Lei because
because she
she
makes me laugh.
‘Because’ is the most commonly used
connective which links cause and effect.
Can you think of any other
words which mean ‘because’?
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Cause and effect
Write sentences using these other cause and effect
connectives.
Therefore
So
As a result of
So that
For
Thus
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Indicating purpose and
reservation
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Indicating purpose
Cause and effect connectives can be used to
indicate purpose.
I will work hard at school
so that I can go to
university.
I’m going to the
supermarket to
buy a sandwich.
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Indicating reservation
Other connectives are used to express reservation.
I’m going to the
shopping centre
although I know it’ll
be busy.
I’ll work hard at school
even if I decide to leave
when I’m 16.
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Using connectives
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Using connectives
Write a summary of how connectives are used using as
many connectives as possible. The first two sentences
has been done for you.
Connectives are words which link ideas together. They also
help to make writing flow. ___________________________
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