This ready-to-go lesson is designed for grade 2-3 learners, but if you have strong students it may work in grade 1. This lesson was designed with Chinese in it as the L1 of the learners, but after purchase and download the PowerPoint can be edited, so all Chinese can be removed or changed into any language.

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🎒 Prepositions and Put

Grade: 2–3 | Duration: 40–60 minutes | Slide Total: 64

Teach young ESL learners how to talk about classroom objects and describe where things are with this fun, colorful, and highly interactive ESL PowerPoint lesson! Students learn useful object vocabulary and five basic prepositions before combining them to create complete sentences, answer questions, and follow classroom commands.

This lesson is designed primarily for Grades 2–3 ESL learners, but it can also work well with other beginner-level young learners who need additional vocabulary, grammar, listening, and speaking practice.

The PowerPoint includes English and Chinese support for Chinese ESL classrooms. After purchasing and downloading the lesson, the PowerPoint is fully editable, so the Chinese can be removed or replaced with another language.

Target Vocabulary

Students learn and practice seven common objects:

• bookbag
• pencil case
• toy car
• teddy bear
• desk
• chair
• box

Students also learn five useful prepositions:

• on
• in
• under
• next to
• above

Target Language

Students practice asking and answering:

“What can you see?”
→ “I can see a ___.”

Students then combine objects and prepositions to describe locations:

“I can see a book on the box.”
“I can see a teddy bear in the box.”
“I can see a toy car above the box.”

Students also learn to understand and use simple classroom commands with “put”:

“Put the pencil case on the desk, please.”
“Put the teddy bear under the chair, please.”

What’s Included?

✅ Object Vocabulary: Students learn seven useful objects with large, colorful visuals, pronunciation practice, and bilingual vocabulary support.

✅ Learning Prepositions: Clear visual examples introduce on, in, under, next to, and above in a way that is easy for young learners to understand.

✅ “What Can You See?” Speaking Practice: Students answer questions using complete sentences while identifying objects and describing what they see.

✅ Interactive Sentence Building: Students combine vocabulary and prepositions to progress from individual words to complete sentences such as “I can see a teddy bear under the desk.”

✅ Classroom Command Practice: Students learn to listen to and follow simple instructions using “put”, giving them practical listening practice while reinforcing the target vocabulary.

✅ Flying Words Game: A fast-paced whole-class activity helps students recognize and recall the new vocabulary.

✅ Guessing Games: Students use visual clues to identify objects and their positions while practicing the target sentence structures.

✅ Interactive Review Activities: Vocabulary, prepositions, and sentence patterns are repeatedly reinforced through colorful and highly visual practice slides.

✅ Round-Based Classroom Games: Students put everything together in interactive challenge rounds that review objects, prepositions, speaking, listening, and classroom commands.

✅ Bilingual Support: English and Chinese translations provide additional support for beginner learners. The Chinese text can easily be edited or removed for classrooms using a different L1.

Why This Lesson?

🎒 Builds Useful Everyday Vocabulary
📍 Introduces Essential English Prepositions
🗣️ Develops Speaking & Listening Confidence
🧩 Builds Complete Sentences Step by Step
🎯 Reinforces Language Through Repetition
🎮 Keeps Young Learners Engaged with Interactive Games
🏫 Works Well in Large ESL Classrooms
✨ Ready to Teach with No Preparation Required

This lesson is perfect for teachers looking for a ready-to-go ESL lesson that combines vocabulary, grammar, speaking, listening, and movement. Students don't just memorize prepositions—they practice using them to describe where objects are and respond to real classroom instructions.

The clear visuals, simple sentence structures, repetition, and interactive games make the lesson especially suitable for beginner young learners while providing plenty of opportunities for whole-class participation.

Perfect For

• Grade 2–3 ESL / EFL learners
• Beginner English learners
• Large ESL classrooms
• Public school ESL classes
• ESL classrooms in China or abroad
• Young learner speaking and listening practice
• Teachers looking for interactive, beginner-friendly lessons
• Teachers who want a complete, ready-to-teach PowerPoint