Preposition Dice Games

Prepositions dice games

 

Instructions for teachers

If you want to practise number word recognition, use the versions without figures below, maybe later moving onto the version with mixed up numbers for more difficult practice. The warmer doesn’t need any of the worksheets below.

 

Warmer – Personal questions dice games

Perhaps after flicking a dice towards each other as they ask basic questions like “How old are you?”, students take turns rolling the dice and asking each other the number of questions of the number that comes up, e.g. three personal questions if they rolled a three.

 

Prepositions brainstorming dice game

Students take turns rolling the dice and try to make true sentences about the classroom that no one has said yet using the preposition that matches the number they rolled. Continue until someone repeats or says something not true, or until everyone gives up.

 

Prepositions true sentences dice game

Students take turns choosing an object in the classroom, rolling the dice to see which preposition they should describe it with, and then trying to make true sentences with that object and that preposition.

 

Prepositions memory dice game

Students roll a dice to decide where flashcards should be placed around the classroom, then test each other one where the flashcards are in the classroom with questions like “Where is the cat?” and “What is under the CD player?”

 

Prepositions TPR dice game

One student rolls a dice twice to makes a sentence from the grid that they are using. The students then race to put something in that place in the classroom. This can also be done with them throwing something like a paper plane.

 

Prepositions design a house dice game

One student describes an object in a house and rolls the dice once, then the next person describes where that object is in the house using that preposition for the first person to draw. Sensible and silly positions are both okay.

 

Prepositions drawing dice race

One student rolls a dice twice to makes a sentence from the grid that they are using. The students then race to draw something (e.g. a ball) in that place.

 

After they finish a game or two with the grids below, they can use the blank grids at the end to give to other groups to play the same or different games with.

Prepositions only just one roll version

one	on
two	in
three	under
four	on
five	in
six	under

 

one	on
two	in
three	under
four	next to/ by
five	on
six	under

 

five	on
four	in
one	under
six	next to/ by
three	near
two	in front of/ behind

 

Prepositions and objects two rolls versions

With figures versions 

1	on	the table
2	in	a chair
3	under	the whiteboard
4	on	the CD player
5	in	a bag
6	under	a shoe

 

1	on	a book
2	in	the clock
3	under	the door
4	on	a poster
5	in	the window
6	under	a CD

 

2	on	the map
6	in	a pencil
1	under	a box
5	on	a shoe
4	in	your head
3	under	a calendar

 

With written numbers versions

one	on	the table
two	in	a chair
three	under	the whiteboard
four	on	the CD player
five	in	a bag
six	under	a shoe

 

one	on	a book
two	in	the clock
three	under	the door
four	on	a poster
five	in	the window
six	under	a CD

 

two	on	the map
six	in	a pencil
one	under	a box
five	on	a shoe
four	in	your head
three	under	a calendar

Blank preposition dice game grids

1
2
3
4
5
6

 

one
two
three
four
five
six

 

two
six
one
five
four
three