German Grammar • Prepositions of Place • 10 Sentences • 8 Prepositions • Premium
🇩🇪 German Grammar Worksheet: Prepositions of Place for Children
This illustrated German grammar worksheet helps children practise prepositions of place through a colorful scene and 10 fill-in-the-blank sentences.
Learners choose from exactly 8 prepositions: auf, hinter, in, neben, um … herum, unter, vor and zwischen. The premium pack also includes a detailed grammar explanation and a full answer key.
🧠 Learn German prepositions through a visual scene
The worksheet uses one illustrated scene with a bear, table, rocking horse, cat, treasure chest, flowers, vase, stool, bee, bush and palm tree. Students observe the positions and relationships shown in the picture, then complete each German sentence with the correct preposition from the word bank.
This resource is reserved for premium members. The complete 3-page pack includes the illustrated worksheet, a full grammar explanation about wo? versus wohin? and dative versus accusative, plus the complete corrected exercise.
📋 Worksheet information
| Subject | German grammar and prepositions of place. |
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| Language | The exercise is in German. The premium grammar explanations are in English. |
| Audience | Children learning German and beginner German learners who can read simple sentences. |
| Activity type | Observe the picture and complete 10 sentences with a suitable preposition from the list. |
| Prepositions | auf, hinter, in, neben, um … herum, unter, vor, zwischen. |
| Theme | 10 illustrated sentence prompts built around one scene and 8 prepositions of place. |
| Available formats | 3-page PDF and editable DOCX with grammar explanations and full answer key. |
| Access | Premium members only. |
🔍 Worksheet content ▼
The source contains one exercise. Its 10 sentence prompts follow the illustrated relationships in the same order as the worksheet.
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Exercise 1 — Complete 10 sentences with the correct preposition Students choose from the following 8 prepositions: auf, hinter, in, neben, um … herum, unter, vor and zwischen. The 10 prompts concern, in order: the bear and the table; the sun and the palm tree; the rocking horse and the table; the cat and the treasure chest; the flowers and the vase; the table and the vase; the stool and the bear; the bee and the flowers; the bush, stool and flowers; and the palm tree, treasure chest and table.
🎯 Learning objectives ▼
Learners practise recognizing spatial relationships, selecting the correct German preposition from context, reading simple German sentences, and connecting visual information with grammatical structure. The premium explanation also introduces the distinction between wo? and wohin?, and explains why the dative or accusative is used in the examples.
👥 Recommended audience ▼
This worksheet is designed for children learning German and beginner German learners who are ready to work with short sentences and basic location vocabulary. It can be used in German classes, tutoring, homeschooling or GFL (German as a Foreign Language) practice.
💡 Teaching tips ▼
Begin by asking learners to name the objects they see in the picture. Then read the 8 prepositions aloud in the exact order of the word bank: auf, hinter, in, neben, um … herum, unter, vor, zwischen. After correction, use the premium explanation to compare wo? and wohin? with the actual sentences from the exercise.
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This German grammar resource is reserved for premium members. Members get the complete 3-page PDF and the editable DOCX version, including the illustrated exercise, detailed grammar explanations and the full answer key.
The premium correction is more than a simple list of answers: it explains the difference between wo? and wohin?, the role of the dative and accusative, verb clues such as ist, sind, sitzt, steht and liegt, the dative-only prepositions aus, bei, mit, nach, seit, von and zu, and the forms der Hund → dem Hund, das Haus → dem Haus and die Schule → der Schule.
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🔒 Complete premium pack
Premium members get the full 3-page PDF and editable DOCX, including all 10 corrected sentences, detailed grammar explanations on wo? / wohin?, dative versus accusative, dative-only prepositions, dative article forms, and a focused explanation of why Die Sonne scheint auf die Palme uses the accusative.
❓ Frequently asked questions
How many exercises are included? ▼
The worksheet contains one exercise made up of 10 fill-in-the-blank sentences based on one illustrated scene.
Which German prepositions are practised? ▼
The word bank contains, in this exact order: auf, hinter, in, neben, um … herum, unter, vor and zwischen.
What is included in the premium grammar explanation? ▼
The premium pack explains wo? versus wohin?, dative versus accusative, verb clues such as ist, sind, sitzt, steht and liegt, the dative-only prepositions aus, bei, mit, nach, seit, von and zu, as well as dative article transformations. It also explains in detail why Die Sonne scheint auf die Palme is followed by the accusative.
Is this worksheet free? ▼
No. The complete 3-page PDF and editable DOCX are reserved for premium members.
Can premium members edit the worksheet? ▼
Yes. Premium members can download the editable DOCX version in addition to the complete PDF.
