Prepositions of Time

Time prepositions: IN, ON, AT
IN ON
AT
Parts of the day: in
the morning, afternoon,
evening.
Days of the week: Monday, Times: three o’clock,
Tuesday morning … midday, midnight.
Months: January,
February…
Dates: the 12th of July, my Special occasions:
birthday, Christmas Day … Christmas, Easter,
Years: 2001, 2002
New Year.
Seasons: summer,
winter, autumn, spring. Night; the weekend
ACTIVITY 1:
Complete the text with the correct time preposition: IN, ON, AT.
My father’s name is Jack. He is a maths teacher in an elementary school. 1_____ IN the

3
mornings he usually gets up ______
2 AT 6.30. But this is only ______ weekdays, because
ON
4
______
AT the weekend he gets up later.5 ______ON Tuesdays and Thursdays he has lunch in
the school 6
______
AT 12.30, because he has lessons both 7______ IN the morning and
8
______
IN AT midday, so he comes
the afternoon. The other days he finishes work 9______
IN
home for lunch. He sometimes corrects exercises 10______ the evenings after dinner.
My father has his summer holiday 11______IN August. But he also has a two-week holiday
12
______
AT Christmas, and one week holiday 13______
AT Easter.
He has a difficult job, but he loves it!
ACTIVITY 2:
Complete the sentences with the correct time preposition:
1. What do you usually do ______

AT the weekend?
IN
2. My father doesn’t work ______
ON Saturdays.
3. The film starts ______ AT midnight.
AT 11.00 p.m. and finishes ______
4. ______
IN spring, my garden is full of flowers.
5. IN 1564.
William Shakespeare was born ______
6. ON the 5th of May.
My mum’s birthday is ______
7. Our office is closed ______
IN August.
ON 8.
9.
There are a lot of stars in the sky ______
______
AT night.
ON Christmas Day children usually receive a lot of presents.
10. I never go home ______
AT lunchtime
11. My best friend always phones me ______
IN the evening.
12. ______
ON my birthday I always have a big party.
AT 13. My family sometimes goes skiing for a week ______

14. I love reading in bed ______
ON Sunday mornings.
AT Christmas.
ACTIVITY 3:
A. In pairs write complete questions with the information given:

1. When/have/English lessons?___________________________________________
When do you have your english lessons?
2. What time/have lunch?_______________________________________________
What time do you have lunch?
3. When/see/friends?_________________________________________________
When do you see your friends?
4. When/have/summer holidays?__________________________________________
When do you have your summer holidays?
5. What time/ get up/weekend?__________________________________________
What time do you get up at the weekend?
6. When/wear/ heavy clothes?___________________________________________
When do you wear heavy clothes?
7. When/have/a winter holiday?__________________________________________
When do you have a winter holiday?
8. When/your birthday?________________________________________________
When is your birthay?
9. What time/go/bed/weekdays?_________________________________________
What time do you go to bed on weekdays?
10. When/eat/ice-cream?________________________________________________
When do you eat ice-cream?
B. Interview a classmate using the questions in the previous exercise. Write the answers in the
chart below about you and your classmate.
YOU YOUR CLASSMATE

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
C. Using the information in activity 3B, write a short text about you and your classmate:
e.g. “Peter and I have English lessons on Mondays and Wednesdays at 10 a.m. I have lunch at 13.00 but
Peter doesn’t. He has lunch at 14.00.”
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Time prepositions: IN, ON, AT

My father’s name is Jack. He is a maths teacher in an elementary school. 1_____ IN the

1. What do you usually do ______

AT 13. My family sometimes goes skiing for a week ______

A. In pairs write complete questions with the information given:

YOU YOUR CLASSMATE

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