Show Movement with Words: Prepositions of Direction for Class 3

This Grade 3 worksheet introduces students to prepositions of direction—words that tell us where something is moving *from* and *to*, like *into, onto, up, down, across, through,* and *towards*. With creative visuals, coloring, blanks, and rewriting tasks, learners build spatial awareness through movement-based grammar.

Why Prepositions of Direction Matter in Grammar?

These prepositions help describe motion. For Grade 3 learners, this topic is important because:

1. It teaches how to express movement from one place to another.

2. It improves sentence clarity and detail in writing.

3. It strengthens reading comprehension through spatial understanding.

4. It supports real-world communication for instructions and stories.

What’s Inside This Worksheet?

This worksheet includes five action-packed exercises that build confidence using movement-based prepositions:

🧠 Exercise 1 – Color the Words

Students identify and color all prepositions of direction from a mixed word bank. Target words include *into, out of, up, across,* and more.

✏️ Exercise 2 – Underline the Prepositions

Students underline one preposition in each sentence that shows movement from one place to another (e.g., *into the room*, *across the road*).

📋 Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks

Students complete ten movement-based sentences with correct prepositions of direction like *into, over, through, across*.

📝 Exercise 4 – Rewrite the Sentences

Given incomplete or missing prepositions, students rewrite each sentence and add the correct directional word (underlined) to complete it logically.

🎨 Exercise 5 – Sentence Formation

Using a visual word bank (e.g., *up, over, through, along*), learners write five original sentences using prepositions of direction.

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)

Exercise 1 – Prepositions to Color

into, onto, out of, up, down, towards, over, through, across

Exercise 2 – Underlined Prepositions

1. into

2. across

3. down

4. to

5. onto

6. up

7. out of

8. towards

9. along

10. past

Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks (Sample Answers)

1. into

2. across

3. towards

4. into

5. into

6. up

7. across

8. into

9. across

10. along

Exercise 4 – Rewritten Sentences (Corrected with Underlined Prepositions)

1. The children ran **into** the park.

2. He walked **into** the classroom.

3. We are going **to** the zoo.

4. She jumped **over** the puddle.

5. The ball bounced **across** the playground.

6. They climbed **up** the mountain.

7. He threw the stone **into** the lake.

8. The dog ran **after** the cat.

9. We drove **through** the tunnel.

10. She moved **through** the crowd.

Exercise 5 – Sample Sentences Using Prepositions of Direction

1. The boy ran **into** the room.

2. She walked **across** the road.

3. The ball rolled **down** the hill.

4. We moved **towards** the school gate.

5. The dog jumped **onto** the sofa.