Time Tricksters

This worksheet helps students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 strengthen grammar accuracy, sentence meaning, contextual reading, and precise language use by focusing on the difference between for and during. Learners read each sentence carefully and decide which preposition correctly conveys whether the sentence describes a duration of time or an event that occurred within a specific period.

Learning Goals

• Grammar: Prepositions of Time (Grades 4-6): Distinguish between for (duration) and during (something happening within an event or time frame).
• Sentence Meaning & Precision: Understand how choosing the correct preposition affects clarity and accuracy.
• Contextual Reading Skills: Use context clues within sentences to guide grammar decisions.
• Vocabulary & Word Usage: Apply time-related vocabulary accurately in standard English sentences.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed by educators to align with upper elementary ELA grammar standards.
• Clear, Focused Practice: Targets a commonly confused grammar concept in a student-friendly format.
• Encourages Careful Reading: Requires learners to slow down, analyze meaning, and make thoughtful choices.
• Flexible Classroom Use: Ideal for grammar lessons, independent practice, review, homework, or small groups.
• Low-Prep Printable: Ready to use in both classroom and homeschool settings.

This printable worksheet helps students build confidence with time-related prepositions by practicing for and during in meaningful sentence contexts. By analyzing duration versus events, learners strengthen grammar conventions, reading comprehension, and language precision. Whether used in a classroom grammar unit or a homeschool language arts lesson, this resource supports careful thinking, accurate word choice, and strong foundations in standard English usage.

This worksheet is part of our For vs. During worksheets collection.