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 4 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 salmon waits ___ the sea for several years.
Choose: in · after · before
2.___ the following spring, the swallows return.
Choose: By · Under · Across
3.___ six years, the letters came back.
Choose: After · Beneath · Across
4.Grace climbed the steps ___ the dark.
Choose: in · after · until
5.Water flows in from the stretch ___ the lock.
Choose: above · during · until
6.___ the tide went out, the rock pools appeared.
Choose: Once · Above · Beside
LessonPrint · L.3.6 · Set 4 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Words That Signal Time and Place
Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.
1.in
2.By
3.After
4.in
5.above
6.Once
More practice for L.3.6
Use academic and subject words accurately, including time and place phrases.