MULTIMEDIA-ENGLISH | ||
ACTIVITY SHEET (created by the user: Profe) |
Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
|
|
Item | Match | Comments |
---|---|---|
Ella se marcha dentro de dos días | She's leaving in two days | |
Tengo una reunión a las cinco | I have a meeting at 5 | |
Los sábados por la noche nos vamos a la disco | On Saturday nights we go to the disco | |
Este mes estoy de vacaciones | This month I'm on holiday | |
Llovió en Semana Santa | It rained at Easter | |
Estaré en casa el miércoles por la noche | I'll be at home on Wednesday evening | |
Por favor, queda conmigo a las diez y media | Please, meet me at 10:30 | |
Todo comenzó a media noche | Everything began at midnight | |
Te veo el martes que viene | I'll see you next Tuesday | |
¿Qué vas a hacer el lunes santo? | What are you doing on Easter Monday? |
Also: What are you going to do...? |
Tuve que escribir una redacción en veinte minutos | I had to write a composition in 20 minutes | |
Fui a Valladolid el domingo de Pascua | I went to Valladolid on Easter |
also: on Easter Sunday |
Me fui a Jerusalén en Navidades | I went to Jerusalem at Christmas | |
Voy a clase por la mañana | I go to class in the morning | |
En Semana Santa hay muchas procesiones en Zamora | There are many processions in Zamora at Easter | |
No voy a estar aquí en tu cumpleaños | I'm not going to be here on your birthday | |
Tengo una reunión el lunes por la mañana | I have a meeting on Monday morning |
also: ... next Monday morning |
Podemos quedar a la hora de comer | We can meet at lunch time | |
No trabajo por la tarde | I don't work in the afternoon | |
Comimos en un restaurante el día de Navidad | We had lunch in a restaurant on Chrismas Day | |
Ella deja la luz encendida por la noche | She leaves the light on at night |
to leave the light on = dejar la luz encendida |
Ocurrió en la semana después de Navidad | It happened in the week after Christmas | |
En el futuro, llámame antes de venir | In the future, call me before coming | |
No llovió en septiembre | I didn't rain in September | |
José llegó a mediodía | Joseph arrived at noon | |
Actualmente hay mucho tráfico en esta ciudad | At present there's a lot of traffic in this city | |
No tengo vacaciones en agosto | I have no holidays in August |
also: I don't have any holidays in August or: I haven't got any / I've got no... |
Siempre pienso en ti en nuestro aniversario | I always think of you on our anniversary | |
No trabajo los sábados | I don't work on Saturdays | |
He quedado con Ann a las 6 | I'm meeting Ann at 6 | |
No trabajo los fines de semana | I don't work at the weekend |
also: ... at weekends (AmE: on weekends) |
Te veré dentro de un rato | I'll see you in a moment | |
Construyeron la casa en unos pocos días | They built the house in a few days | |
Nací el tres de abril | I was born on April 3rd |
also: on the 3rd of April |
Me levanto a las nueve | I get up at 9 o'clock | |
Cervantes y Shakespeare murieron los dos en 1616 | Cervantes and Shakespeare both died in 1616 | |
Estuve en Salamanca el fin de semana | I was in Salamanca at the weekend | |
Ellos estaban aquí a la hora del té | They were here at tea time | |
El teléfono sonó tres veces por la noche | The phone rang three times in the night | |
Esa escritora nació en el siglo XVI | That writer was born in the 16th century |
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
EXCEPTIONS
1- We say "in the morning", "in the afternoon", "in the evening", but: "at night". The expression "in the night" means "during one particular night". Compare:
- Don't go out at night, it can be dangerous
- We slept in a tent, but I woke up in the night and could only sleep two hours
2- at the weekend / at weekends (AmE: on the weekend)
3- on holiday
4- ON + day + part of the day
- I went there on Monday morning
- Come with us on Saturday night
- We get our presents on Christmas morning
5- We say: In the past, in the future, but... at present
6- Christmas, Easter and other long holidays use On for the day but AT for all the period
- Come and see us on Christmas Day (December 25)
- I stayed at home at Christmas (all my Christmas holidays)
- We're going to Zamora at Easter
- What are you doing on Easter Monday?
Note: when talking about Dec 25, American people say "on Christmas" or (less often) "on Christmas Day", but in British English we only say "on Christmas Day".
"At Easter" is the same as "In the Holy Week" (less often). "On Easter" is the same as "on Easter Sunday". For the other days of Easter we must specify: on Easter Monday, etc.
When we say next, last, this, every we do not use at, in, on.
I went to Paris last summer (not: in last summer)
I'm starting my holidays next Saturday (not: on next Saturday)
I go home every Easter (not: at every Easter)
We'll call you this afternoon (not: in this afternoon)