Talk About Time

This worksheet helps students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 practice grammar accuracy, conversational reading, contextual analysis, and oral fluency through realistic dialogue completion. Learners fill in missing time expressions using for or since, then read the completed conversations aloud with a partner to hear how grammar choices affect natural speech and meaning.

Learning Goals

• Dialogue Completion (Grades 4-6): Use context clues in short conversations to complete sentences accurately.
• Grammar: Prepositions of Time: Apply for to show duration and since to indicate a starting point in spoken language.
• Speaking & Listening Skills: Practice fluent, expressive reading through partner dialogue performance.
• Contextual Vocabulary Use: Analyze conversational language to choose grammar forms that sound natural and correct.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed by educators to align with upper elementary grammar and speaking standards.
• Real-World Language Practice: Focuses on everyday conversations students can relate to and understand.
• Interactive & Engaging: Combines written grammar work with oral reading and partner discussion.
• Flexible Implementation: Works well for literacy centers, grammar lessons, partner work, or speaking practice.
• Low-Prep Printable: Easy to use in both classroom and homeschool settings.

This printable worksheet helps students connect grammar rules to real-life communication by using time expressions in dialogue. By practicing for and since in conversational contexts and reading aloud, learners strengthen grammar usage, contextual understanding, and oral fluency. It’s a practical, engaging resource that supports confident speaking, careful listening, and accurate language use in both classroom and homeschool environments.

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