Words That Signal Time and Place is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on using the phrases that place an event, aligned to Common Core standard L.3.6. It prints 6 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 22 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 14 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 22 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
Words That Signal Time and Place
L.3.6
NameDate
Finish each sentence.
1.___ the following spring, the swallows return.
Choose: By · Under · Across
2.The salmon waits ___ the sea for several years.
Choose: in · after · before
3.Water flows in from the stretch ___ the lock.
Choose: above · during · until
4.The conker lay ___ the path, shining.
Choose: on · since · although
5.___ six years, the letters came back.
Choose: After · Beneath · Across
6.___ dinner that night, we went looking for them.
Choose: After · Under · Between
LessonPrint · L.3.6 · Set 14 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Words That Signal Time and Place
Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.
1.By
2.in
3.above
4.on
5.After
6.After
More practice for L.3.6
Use academic and subject words accurately, including time and place phrases.