UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLOGICA DE HONDURAS

INGLES I

Module # 9
• A preposition is a word that describes WHERE someone or something is.
• Common prepositions can be words like over, under, between, after, during, behind,
on, off, etc.
• There are naturally standard expressions being used, but this will only deal with these
prepositions in general.

TIME PLACE

We use AT for a PRECISE TIME We use AT for a POINT and INSTITUTIONS

> at 7 o'clock > at the corner

> at 10.45 am > at the bus stop
> at noon > at the door
> at dinnertime > at the bottom of the page
> at bedtime > at the end of the road
> at sunrise > at the entrance
A > at sunset > at the crossroads
T > at the moment > at the front desk

We use IN for MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES We use IN for an ENCLOSED SPACE and
and LONG PERIODS GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS

> in July in winter in > in the garden

> the summer in > in Manchester
> 2013 in the 1980s > in England
> in the next > in a box
> century in the > in my pocket
> Stone Age in the > in my wallet >
> past / future in a building
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N > > in a car

We use ON for a SURFACE and PUBLIC

We use ON for DAYS and DATES TRANSPORT

> on Saturday > on the wall

> on Mondays > on the ceiling
> on 11 July on 23 > on the door
> March 2013 on > on the cover
> Christmas Day on my > on the floor
> birthday on > on the carpet
O > Independence Day on > on the menu
N > New Year's Eve > on a page

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Watch the video and take notes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qki04CybAHo

Complete the sentences. Use in, on or at.

1. My parents aren’t here in the moment.

2. I’m meeting my friend on Tuesday.

3. The train leaves at half past seven in the morning.

4. She was born in 1995.

5. I usually phone my friends on the weekend.

6. We have a special meal on Christmas.

7. I usually brush my teeth in the evening before I go to bed.

8. Her birthday is on the fifth of June.

9. My brother likes to get up at Sunrise.

10. I started doing my homework at eight o’clock and finished only at midnight.

11. In France it often snows in winter.

12. Kate got married in the age of 19.

13. Policemen usually work at night.

14. Our parents will be back at an hour.

15. I usually have a party in my birthday.

16. See you at dinnertime.

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17. Mary’s birthday is on May.

18. We have lunch at noon.

19. Sara goes to the gym on Saturdays.

20. My sister was in London in December.

21.She was in London on New Year’s Eve.

22. We sat and talked at lunchtime

Write at/on/in.

1. On 9 March.

2. In the afternoon.

3. On Friday.

4.in 1999.

5. In Christmas.

6. In Christmas day.

7. At Saturday night.

8. In the past.

9. In autumn.

10. On Thursday.

11. On the weekend.

12. At dinnertime.

13. In the ninth of April.

14. At half past eight.

15. On Monday evening.

16. At the end of the year.

17. On 28 October.

18. At an hour

19. In Easter.

20. On New Year’s Day.

21. at 10.15.

22. In five minutes.

23. At bedtime.

24. In a few days.

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