Teacher: Natalie Rayo Suárez Grade: 11°
Name: Gabriela Mesa
Time prepositions: IN, ON, AT
IN ON
Parts of the day: in AT
the morning, afternoon,
evening. Days of the week: Monday,
Tuesday morning …
Months: January, Times: three o’clock,
February… Dates: the 12 of July, my
th midday, midnight.
birthday, Christmas Day …
Years: 2001, 2002 Special occasions:
Christmas, Easter,
Seasons: summer, New Year.
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 on the mornings
he usually gets up 2 at 6.30. But this is only 3 on weekdays, because 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 7in the morning and 8 on the afternoon. The other days he finishes
work 9 at midday, so he comes home for lunch. He sometimes corrects exercises 10in the
evenings after dinner.
My father has his summer holiday 11 in August. But he also has a two-week holiday 12 on
Christmas, and one week holiday 13 on 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.
3.
4.
My father doesn’t work on Saturdays.
The film starts at 11.00 p.m. and finishes at midnight.
In spring, my garden is full of flowers.
5. William Shakespeare was born in 1564.
6. My mum’s birthday is on the 5th of May.
7. Our office is closed in August.
8. There are a lot of stars in the sky at night.
ON 9.
10.
At Christmas Day children usually receive a lot of presents.
I never go home at lunchtime
11. My best friend always phones me in the evening.
12. At my birthday I always have a big party.
13. My family sometimes goes skiing for a week at Christmas.
AT
14. I love reading in bed on Sunday mornings.
ACTIVITY 3:
A. Write correctly the questions with the information given:
1. When/have/English lessons? When do you have 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 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 with heavy clothes?
7. When/have/a winter holiday? When do you have a winter holiday?
8. When/your birthday? When is your birthday?
9. What time/go/bed/weekdays? What time do you go bed on weekdays?
10. When/eat/ice-cream? When do you eat ice-cream?
B. Interview a friend or family member using the questions in the previous exercise. Write the
answers in the chart below about you and your classmate.
YOU YOUR FRIEND
1 I dont have english lessons My friend dont have english lessons
2 i have lunch at 12:30 pm My friend i have lunch at 1:30 pm
3 I see my friends on weekends My friend see your friends in the weekend
4 I have summer vacations in the middle My friend have summer vacations in the month of
of the year july
5 i wake up late on wekeends My friend wake up at 11:00 am
6 i wear heavy clothes when i want My friend wear heavy clothes when it’s cold
7 i have winter vacations in december My friend don’t have winter vacations
8 i have my bithday in april My friend have your birthday in april 19
9 i go to bed at 10:00 om My friend i go to sleep at 11:00 pm
10 I eat ice cream when i’m hot My friend eat ice cream once in a while
C. Using the information in activity 3B, write a short text about you and your friend or family
member:
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.”
my friend and I do not take English lessons, we have lunch together on weekends but my friend
has lunch half an hour after me, we go out together every weekend and in summer we go for a
walk to different places, when we make pajamas we go to bed very late, at dawn and we do not
wear heavy clothes because where we live very hoy, we do not have winter vacations and we turn
years in the same month, me first and she at days and every 20 days to eat ice cream to our
favorite place.
