UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CHIMBORAZO

Carrera de Idiomas

Grammar VI

Name: Patricio castillo

6th Semester

TO/AT/IN/INTO

TOIndicate place, person, or thing that someone or something moves toward

The package was mailed to Mr. Kim yesterday.

We use go/come/travel to indicate a place or event:

I am going to travel to London the next year. My uncle will return to Spain tomorrow.

ATUsed to point out specific time:

I will meet you at 12 p.m.

Used to indicate a specific place:

There is a party at the club house.

Expression Example

at night The stars shine at night.at the weekend

I don't usually work at the weekend.

at Christmas/Easter

I stay with my family at Christmas.

at the same time

We finished the test at the same time.

at present He's not home at present. Try later.

INUsed for unspecific times during a day, month, season, year:

She always reads newspapers in the morning.

In the summer, we have a rainy season for three weeks.

INTOUsed to indicate “inside” or middle of a place, container, area, etc.:

Stop running around and get into bed!

Used to show when a person or thing is changing

Her novels have been translated into 19 languages.

EXERCISES The shop closes ____ midnight. The shop closes at midnight. Don't go ____ the bedroom. Oh, you're

already in it? Don't go into the bedroom. Oh, you're

already in it? He went on the bridge ____ see some fish. He went on the bridge to see some fish. I have a meeting ____ 9am. I have a meeting at 9am. Something new has come ____ his life.

They looked at this picture many times ____ remember it.

They looked at this picture many times to remember it.

There should be a lot of progress ___ the next century.

There should be a lot of progress in the next century.

His poem has been translated ____ Polish. His poem has been translated into Polish. I will go for a holiday ____ July. I will go for a holiday in July.

Jane went home ___ lunchtime. Jane went home at lunchtime. He's doing this exercise ___ understand the

lesson. He's doing this exercise to understand the

lesson. In England, it often snows ____ December. In England, it often snows in December. We will enter ____ details later on. We will enter into details later on. Do you think we will go to Jupiter ___ the

future? Do you think we will go to Jupiter in the future?