2C PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

Name: ________________________________

AT + time of the day AT + holiday AT + expressions

 At 6:30
 At 7 o'clock
 At dawn
 At lunchtime
 At midnight
 At Christmas  At the moment
 At Easter  At the weekend
 At New Year  At that time
 At Lent  At night
 At Holy Week  At noon

ON + day ON + parts of the day ON + dates

 On Monday  On Friday morning  On Christmas Day
 On Tuesday  On Saturday  On July 4th
 On Wednesday afternoon  On December 31st
 On Thursday  On Sunday evening 1966

IN + parts of the day IN + months IN + years

 In the morning  In the morning  In 1966
 In the afternoon  In the afternoon  In 1845
 In the evening  In the evening  In the 1960s

IN + seasons IN + long periods of time IN + reference to future

 In summer  In the 19th century  I will be there in two
 In spring  In the past days
 In fall / autumn  In the future  In nine months
 In winter  In the Middle Ages  In five minutes
 In the early summer  In the Stone age  In three years
 In seven hours
ACTIVITIES:

I) Complete with the correct preposition of time.

1) _____ September
2) ____ 12 o'clock
3) ____winter
4) ____ Easter Monday
5) ____ 4th July, 1776
6) ____ Christmas
7) ____ Tuesday
8) ____ the weekend
9) ____ my birthday
10) ____ the end of the week

II) Read and complete.

1) Peter is playing tennis _________ Sunday.

2) My brother's birthday is __________ the 5th of November.
3) My birthday is ___________ May.
4) We are going to see my parents ________ the weekend.
5) _______ 1666, a great fire broke out in London.
6) I don't like walking alone in the streets ________ night.
7) What are you doing _______ the afternoon?
8) I will have finished this essay ________ Friday.
9) Jane is arriving _____ January 26 _____ 2 o'clock _____ the afternoon.
10) It snows here every year _____ December. We always go outside and play in the snow
______ Christmas day.
11) Michael is leaving _______ Friday noon.
12) Frankie started working for her law firm ______ 1995.
13) Normally, _____ New Year's Eve, it's tradition to kiss the one you love ______
midnight.
14) Don't be ridiculous; there were no telephones ______ the seventeenth century! The
telephone was invented _______ the 1870s.
15) The plane leaves tomorrow morning ______ 8:00 AM.
16) The hills here are covered with wildflowers ______ early spring.
17) We met at the restaurant ______ 6:30.
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