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Prepositions of Time: AT, ON, IN |
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Instructions
Click on the words at the bottom and drag them into the empty boxes of the sentence to complete it.Memorise this rule:
At a time, On a day, In a period
AT a time (times: 10 o'clock, 5:30, etc.)
ON a day (days and dates: Monday, Thanksgiving, the 5th of June, etc.)
IN a period (periods of time: week, month, year, 4 hours, morning, etc.)
AT
I get up at 9 o'clock
I was there at noon (noon= 12:00 pm)
You can come at lunch time
ON
I went to Berlin on Monday
I was born on May 2nd
My brother arrived on Christmas Day
IN
He was born in the 19th century
She had her holidays in June
Don't go to Egypt in summer
IN can be used in two other special cases:
1- To say how soon something will happen
- I'll see you in two days (also: ...in two days' time)
- come to see me again in a week (also: ...in a week's time)
2- To say how long something takes to happen
- I can run 200 metres in 30 seconds
- he wrote a book in a month
Items
| Gapped text | Items |
|---|---|
| The meeting starts ______________________ 10 o'clock | on / in / at |
| We had coffee ______________________ half past six | at / on / in |
| Classes start every day ______________________ 8:30 | in / on / at |
| Everybody went to bed ______________________ midnight | in / at / on |
| She arrived exactly ______________________ tea time | on / at / in |
| We can meet ______________________ lunch time and have something to eat together | on / in / at |
| He finished ______________________ three o'clock | on / at / in |
| They always turn on the street-lights ______________________ sunset | on / at / in |
| I was born ______________________ September 7th | on / at / in |
| I'll go and visit you ______________________ Tuesday | in / on / at |
| We all get together ______________________ Christmas Day | at / in / on |
| Most shops are closed ______________________ Sundays | at / in / on |
| They first met ______________________ my wedding day and now they are married | on / in / at |
| We are starting a seminar ______________________ the 2nd of March | in / at / on |
| Spain celebrates its national day ______________________ October the 12th | in / on / at |
| The last time we went to a restaurant was ______________________ our anniversary | in / at / on |
| I always find it hard to get up early ______________________ Mondays | on / in / at |
| We went to Edinburgh ______________________ summer | on / at / in |
| I love going for a walk ______________________ the morning | in / at / on |
| She doesn't like driving ______________________ the evenings | in / at / on |
| Photography was invented ______________________ the 19th century | at / on / in |
| The countryside is most beautiful ______________________ June | at / in / on |
| Wait for me at the bar. I'll be there ______________________ half an hour | in / on / at |
| I will finish this ______________________ a few minutes, I'm almost done. | on / in / at |
| We can build a house ______________________ three months. Less if we get more people to help. | in / on / at |