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 19 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.___ dinner that night, we went looking for them.
Choose: After · Under · Between
2.The postbox stood ___ the fog, alone.
Choose: in · after · before
3.___ the following spring, the swallows return.
Choose: By · Under · Across
4.The conker lay ___ the path, shining.
Choose: on · since · although
5.The salmon waits ___ the sea for several years.
Choose: in · after · before
6.___ the tide went out, the rock pools appeared.
Choose: Once · Above · Beside
LessonPrint · L.3.6 · Set 19 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Words That Signal Time and Place
Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.
1.After
2.in
3.By
4.on
5.in
6.Once
More practice for L.3.6
Use academic and subject words accurately, including time and place phrases.