UNACHLANGUAGES SCHOOLGRAMAR V

Jennifer Flores

Diana mendoza

PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

AT

• the word "at" is a preposition. A preposition is, in a sense, a connector. It connects words together. When you use the word "at" in a sentence you should notice that it smoothly connects the other words that are around it.

Clock times, points of time in the day:

At nine o´clock

at 6.35; at midnight,

at noon,

at dawn,

at lunch time,

at dinner time,

at night.

Weekends and holidays periods:

• At the weekend,

• at weekends,

• at Christmas,

• at Easter.

Points in time:

• At Ramadan,

• at the beginning,

• at the end,

• at last,

• at the moment,

• at present,

• at the time,

• at times.

IN

• The main parts of the day:

• In the morning,

• in the afternoon,

• in the evening.

• Months, years, seasons, centuries.

• In March,

• in 1999,

• in the autumn,

• in the twentieth century.

• Events which will happen at the end of a period:

• I´ll be back until in an hour. (Wrong)

• I´ll be back in an hour.

• In the beginning in the end.

• In the night, in the evening, in the day.

ON

• Specific dates and days.

• On august 8,

• on Tuesday,

• on Wednesday,

• on weekdays,

• on new year´s day,

• on Christmas day,

• on the day of departure/ arrival on Wednesday morning,

• on a fine sunny day.

EXERCISES

Choose the correct answer in on at or x if you don´t need a preposition

• He was born 1991.

• Did you see her today.

• It will be ready eight months.

• I have to speak to the boss lunchtime.

• It was sunny my birthday.

• What's on the TV midnight.

inX

in

on

at

at

EXERCISES II

• The train leaves ___ five minutes, hurry up.at     in     on

• I can't sleep ___ night these days.at     in     on

• I go to sleep ____ night.at     in     on

• Kim was born ____ 1981.at     in     on

• We wear warm clothes ____ winter.at     in     on

EXERCISES III

Identify if this statements are correct

• I went to London in last June.

• He's coming back on next Tuesday.

I go home every Easter.

• We'll call you in this evening.

I went to London last June.

He's coming back next Tuesday.

We'll call you this evening