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English Word Skills Exercises for A1 – Prepositions of time

6 exercices

1. Complete the rules. Use in, on and at.

  • 1)
    We use with months (e.g. May).
  • 2)
    We use with times (e.g. one o’clock).
  • 3)
    We use with parts of the day (e.g. the afternoon).
  • 4)
    We use with days (e.g. Monday).
  • 5)
    We use with years (e.g. 2015).
  • 6)
    We use with celebrations (e.g. New Year).
  • 7)
    We use with festival days (e.g. Children’s Day).
  • 8)
    We use with dates (e.g. 20 March).
  • 9)
    We use with seasons (e.g. autumn).
  • 10)
    We use with night and the weekend

2. Complete the text with the correct prepositions: in, on and at.

  • Liam Brown lives with his mum on a small island in Scotland. They live a long way from a town, so Liam doesn’t go to school. His mum teaches him at home.
  • ‘I have lessons from Monday to Thursday. Mum lets me sleep until nine in the morning and we start lessons 1) ten, after breakfast. The kitchen is my classroom and the kitchen table is my desk! We have a break at 11.30. During the break Mum lets me play computer games! My mum always gives me homework. I usually do it before dinner. 2) Fridays we travel to a city and visit museums and art galleries. I don’t meet other children very often so I also go to a badminton club there 3) The afternoon. 4) The weekend I don’t have lessons. 5) Saturday mornings I play tennis with my dad or we sometimes go walking. I study all the usual subjects and I take national exams. My next exams are next year. I think they’re 6) June. I have the normal school holidays in the summer, and I don’t have school 7) 20 September – that’s my birthday!’

3. In the text in exercise 2, underline examples of the prepositions below.

  • after before during fromto until

4. Complete the sentences with prepositions from exercise 3.

  • 1)
    In our school, lunch break is 12.30 1.30.
  • 2)
    Lessons finish at four. that, I usually go to a school club.
  • 3)
    We have to study six subjects we are sixteen. After that we can choose subjects.
  • 4)
    I always do my homework dinner. After dinner I watch TV and play computer games.
  • 5)
    We can’t use mobile phones lessons.

5. Underline the mistakes with prepositions in these sentences. Rewrite the sentences correctly.

  • 1)
    I don’t go to school in Sunday. ✗
  • 2)
    I like to play football during the weekend. ✗
  • 3)
    Do you give people presents at New Year’s Day? ✗
  • 4)
    I do my homework on the evening. ✗
  • 5)
    The supermarket is open to six o’clock. ✗
  • 6)
    I often go to the beach on the summer. ✗

6. Match the first parts of the sentences (1-6) with the second parts (A-F)./span>

  • 1)
    My friends go on holiday in
  • 2)
    It’s my birthday on
  • 3)
    Rob plays basketball at
  • 4)
    I wash the dishes after
  • 5)
    My English class is from
  • 6)
    We all get up early during
  • A dinner.
  • B 9) 30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
  • C August.
  • D the week.
  • E the weekend.
  • F Sunday.

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