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Prepositions and Conjunctions: A Busy Day with Pip

Prepositions and Conjunctions: A Busy Day with Pip

Learn prepositions and conjunctions for time, place and cause, then help Pip the robin and Mo the kitten build sentences in playful scenes.

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What you'll learn

  • Use before, after and during as prepositions of time
  • Describe where something is with under, on, in, behind and between
  • Join two ideas with the conjunctions when, while, before and after
  • Give a reason with because and a result with so
  • The difference between because and because of
  • How before and after can be a preposition or a conjunction

What's inside

  1. Time words Free to try
  2. Place words
  3. Glue words
  4. Why words
  5. Word challenge (10 questions)

About this adventure

Prepositions and Conjunctions is an interactive game that teaches children aged 6–9 how small linking words such as before, under, while and because tell us when, where and why. It follows the Year 3 English curriculum for expressing time, place and cause.

Players follow Pip the robin through her day. They make it rain during her swim, hide Mo the kitten under, on, behind or between things, boil a kettle in Pip's kitchen and let the sun melt an ice cream. Each action builds a sentence, and the child drags or taps the missing word into the gap.

Prepositions, shown as teal tags, link a word to a thing, as in during the film. Conjunctions, shown as pink pills, join two ideas, as in because it was raining. A 10-question challenge with stars checks what has stuck.

Questions and answers

What is a preposition, in simple words?

A preposition is a small word that shows how one thing links to another, often telling us where or when. For example, the cat is under the table, or we ate popcorn during the film.

What is a conjunction for kids?

A conjunction is a joining word that links two ideas into one sentence. Words like when, while, because and so are conjunctions, as in 'We stayed inside because it was raining.'

What is the difference between because and because of?

Because is followed by a whole idea with a verb, as in 'because it was raining'. Because of is followed by a thing, as in 'because of the rain'. Both explain why something happened.

What age is this prepositions and conjunctions game for?

It is made for children aged 6 to 9 and matches the Year 3 English curriculum in England on time, place and cause words. Older children who want extra practice can play it too.

What does the game include and how long does it take?

The game has four short scenes on time words, place words, joining words and why words, then a 10-question challenge with stars. Playing everything takes about 15 minutes, and a friendly narrator reads each line aloud.

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