Word Skills Prepositions of time | can use a variety of prepositions of time. 1 SPEAKING What do you know about British secondary schools? Think about these things. ageofstudents mixed /singlesex name of exams school day termsand holidays TEARN THIS! epson cine GE une ina inte morn te tcon a ee a ere crear atpm_otight ot New Yar _otthe ected 2. Read the Learn this! box. Find the preposition we use with: 1 months 5 festivals 2 times 6 seasons 3 daysoftheweek 7. partsoftheday (two answers) 4 years 8 aspecific day ofthe year 3 Read what Rachel says about her school and find examples of 1-8 from exercise 2 ‘Students start secondary schoo! when they are elven, and leave ‘when they are eigntoen, Most, ‘secondary schools inthe UK aombed ‘The school year stats in ‘September ad fishes in July, Invmy schoo, lessons sat at rine o'lock in the moring, ‘though some students goin . ‘ie and have breakfast nthe cantoan. Lessons continuo? ‘3.90 in the afternoon » ‘school we sometimes go to schoo! outs We goto school * Monday * Fay, but not atthe weskend.n some private schoo students have schoo on Saturday moming, butno one {08 to schoo! on Sunday. ‘Te schoo yar has tree terms. Each term lasts about theton or urtaen weeks. We have a two-week hotday fat Chstmas and the same at East. We sometimes have to do homework * the okays =| hate tat. ‘Te end-of-year exams ae inthe summer, usualy in stun. min my fal yer, 80 next year, n 2079, have ‘very important exams called ‘A levels. The A level exam results come out on 25 August. Thats a very mpotant ay, ofcourse, and al the students met in Schoo! to get ther reauts LEARN THIS! Prepositions of time 2 before Ihave. chower before breakfast Ring me before the weekend bafter watch TV after dinner Wehave maths after the break during My dad works at ight, not uring the day unt My munis in London until tomorrow. Westay at school until 330. @ from..to My daa works from nine to fie every day 4 Read the Learn ths! box and translate the examples. ‘Then complete the text in exercise 3 with the correct prepositions. Use each preposition once. 5 SPEAKING How/s your school year and school day different from Rachel’? Rachel's school year starts in September. ‘Qurcchool year tart in September to. In Rachels school, essons start at... ‘ut in our school, they start at. 6 Circle the correct preposition to complete the sentences. 1 usually arrive at school before /on / until 830. 2 | always have a party at /on/in ny birthday 3. Doyou have dinner at /to / until seven oclock in /on / during the evening? 4 | goto computer club during / before / afterschool (on after /in Friday afternoon, 5 Wehave exams in / during /on the summer term. 6 Joe always goes to bed at /from /on midnight. ‘SPEAKING Workin pairs. Design your ideal school year and ‘school day. Make notes about these things. 1 What time does school start and finish? 2 When and how long ae the breaks and lunch hour? 13 Which days do you goto school? 4 When are the holidays and how long ae they? [SPEAKING Tell he class about your ideal school year and school day. Use the notes you made in exercise 7. (Our ideal school day stats at 1030 and fnishes nie scrstdys