• Draw the different times.
1. five o’clock
2. three-thirty
3. noon
4. ten to ten
1 2
5. a quarter past two
6. twenty past eight
7. one o’clock
8. midnight
3 4
5 6
7 8
16 Clues
TIME and DATES
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Read the clues and fill in the missing letters.
1. Today is Monday. Tomorrow will be . . . T __ e __ d __ y
2. There are seven days in one of these. w __ __ __
3. There are sixty of these in an hour. __ __ __ u t e __
4. Each year has twelve of these. m __ n__ __ s
5. There are sixty of these in a minute. s __ __ o __ d __
6. This is the month after July. __ __ __ u s t
7. Twelve o’clock at night. m __ d __ __ __ __ t
8. This is a weekend day. __ a__ u __ __ __ y
9. There are 100 of them in a century. __ __ __ r s
10. It can tell you the day and date. c __ __ e __ __ a r
11. There are 24 of these in a day.
h __ u __ s
12. This can tell you the time. __ __ __ c __
13. This is the shortest month of the year. __ e __ r __ __ r y
14. This is 12:00 but it’s not midnight. n __ __ n
15. There are 365 of them in a year. __ __ y __
16. Winter starts in this month. __ __ __ e m __ e r
PREPOSITIONS of TIME
AT IN ON
• night • the morning • Sunday
• 10:30 • the afternoon • Monday morning
• noon / midday • the evening • Tuesday afternoon
• midnight • February • Wednesday evening
• bedtime • (the) spring • my birthday
• sunrise • (the summer) • a holiday
• sunset • (the) fall / autumn • Christmas day
• the weekend (U.K.) • (the) winter • May 5
• 2013 • a weekday
• the 1990s • time
• a (few) minute(s) • the weekend (U.S.)
⚫ Fill in the blanks below with the correct prepositions of time.
1. My brother has a new job. He works ________ the evening.
2. We’re going to have a picnic ________ Saturday afternoon. Would you like to come?
3. I’ll be finished my work ________ an hour. Then, I can go home.
4. When is the meeting? Is it ________ 2:00?
5. I like to get up really early, ________ sunrise, when the birds start to sing.
6. Tom’s birthday is next week, ________ January 14.
7. My grandfather was born ________ the 1950s.
8. Will we be ________ time, or will we miss our flight?
9. My family and I like to ski ________ winter.
10. Are there any holidays ________ October?
11. Our school cafeteria opens for lunch ________ noon.
12. What time does your son go to bed ________ night?
13. We moved to this city ________ 2012.
14. Are you going to do anything special ________ your birthday?
15. I’m not going to watch that TV show. It starts ________ midnight!
