Relative Time Practice
A worksheet for 3rd graders to practice understanding and comparing relative time concepts like 'earlier,' 'later,' 'before,' and 'after.'
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Relative Time Practice
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Read each question carefully and answer using the words 'earlier', 'later', 'before', or 'after'.
1. Brushing your teeth usually happens you eat breakfast.
2. Lunch is than dinner.
3. The sun sets the moon rises.
4. Monday comes Tuesday.
5. Which event happens earlier in the day?
Eating dinner
Eating breakfast
Going to bed
Playing outside in the afternoon
6. If you have school at 9:00 AM and lunch at 12:00 PM, which happens later?
School
Lunch
They happen at the same time
Cannot tell
7. Describe an activity you do in the morning that happens before you go to school.
Match the event on the left with the time of day it usually happens.
8. Eating breakfast
a. Afternoon
9. Going to sleep
b. Morning
10. Playing after school
c. Night