TIME EXPRESSIONS: IN/ON/AT Many students forget to use on with particular days and in with parts of the day.

The also confuse in, on and at. Write the following items on the board: 8:00 pm 1990 - the evening sunrise July - holidays - Friday Then ask the following questions. Explain the students the myst reply using in, on, or at and one of the words provided on the board. (Adapt the answers, if necessary) 1. When is her birthday? (In July) 2. When is the party? (On July 3rd) 3. When do you get home? (In the evening) 4. What time does the match start? (At 8:00 pm) 5. When does the concert finish? (At midnight) 6. When are you going to the doctor? (On Friday) 7. When will you go to Japan? (On holidays) 8. When did you finish studying? (In 1990) Finally, ask: Which preposition do we use before... a) clock times (at) b) precise moments (at) c) parts of the day (in) d) days of the week (on) e) dates (on) f) particular days (on) g) months and years (in) Next, last, this We never use in, on, or at before next, last or this. Jack started having piano lessons last May (not, in last May) He is having a piano lesson next Tuesday (not, on next Tuesday) He is practising this midday (not, at this evening) Tomorrow, yesterday every Explain that we don't a presposition of time before tomorrow, yesterday, every. I went to a party yesterday evening (not, in yesterday evening) And there's another party tomorrow midnight (not, at tomorrow midnight) But I can't go because I see my grandmother every Friday (not, on every Friday) In time / On time Explain the difference between these two expressions. I arrived at the stadium in time for the start of the match (= early enough / not too late) The bus arrived on time (=at exactly the right time / the expected time)

PLACE EXPRESSIONS: IN/ON/AT Many students confuse in and at, on and at, and in and on. We use at for a point, a place where an activity happens, and event. I like eating at McDonald's. (where and activity happens) He is at a football match. (an event) She's standing at the window. (particular point) We use in for an enclosed space, countries or towns, one thing in a row/line/street) The book is in the bag. (enclosed space) She lives in King Street. (line, row or street) Sydney's in Australia. (country) We use on for horizontal surfaces, vertical surfaces or a kind of line coast, river, border...) She lives on the border with Ohio. (kind of line border) My coat's on the door. (vertical surface) My bag's on the table. (horizontal surface) In and At Tell students that in some cases we can use in or at with buildings. We can say: We stayed in/at a good hotel. The meaning is the same. But sometimes, the meaning is different. Help students to explain the difference between: I'll meet you at the restaurant. (we use at when we are interested in the normal activity that happens there) There was a mouse in the restaurant. (we use in when we are interested in a particular thing that happened inside the building) On the left/right Show your students that we use on with right, left and side (telling the directions or positions). The shop is on the left. In England they drive on the other side. I thought it was on the right.

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TIME EXPRESSIONS: May, Sunday, dinnertime, sunrise, sunset, the Ice Age, Monday morning, her birthday, bedtime, century, 25 Dec. 2010, March 6th, the 1990s, Christmas, holidays, 3 o'clock, the winter, the morning, Christmas Day, noon, the future, the moment, night, New Year's Eve, midnight PLACE EXPRESSIONS: left, college, car, lift, the door (x2), the floor, a wallet, Oxford Street, 23rd Avenue Street, a bus, television, home, a horse, a building, reception, work, the wall, Spain, the bus stop, the east coast, the garden, Macy's, a box

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