Temporal time prepositions - AT ON IN

AT ON IN

Languages are not just translations of one another!!

In Hebrew, all three words: at, on, in when referring to time are translated in the same way

Multiple Choice

what single word is used to translate at, on and in?

• אצל

• על

• ב

• בתוך

ב12 בצהריים

ביום שלישי

בקיץ

In English each one is different

At 12 o'clock

On Tuesday

In the Sumer

So what are the differences?

Think of it as a triangle

What is the meaning of this triangle?

Multiple Choice

So what is the meaning of this triangle?

• at is more specific than in

• in is more specific than at

• in is used more than at

• on is the average of in and at

Open Ended

What is the meaning of the at, on, in triangle?

AT

This is used for a specific time.

Like "at 12 o'clock"

or "at the moment I met you"

or "at midnight"

Multiple Choice

Which is a proper use of "at"?

• at 4 o'clock

• at the winter

• at Wednesday

• at the evening

Open Ended

What is another example of a proper use of at?

"On" is less specific than "at". "At" was a certain time, while "on" is a certain day.

For instance:

"on Wednesday"

or "on my birthday"

or "on Christmas Eve"

Multiple Select

Which is a proper use on "on"?

• on 1979

• on Monday

• on 4:30 PM

• on the first day of school

Open Ended

What is another example of a proper use of "on"?

"in" has two uses:

• as part of the triangle. "in" is less specific than "on" which is less specific than "at". "at" is a specific time, "on" is a specific day, and "in" is a specific time period. For example: "In the summer" or "in 2011" or "in March"

• as part of the day. "in the morning" or "in the afternoon""

• IMPORTANT EXCEPTION: "at night" instead of "in night". Any ideas why?

Multiple Select

Which is a proper use of "in"?

• in the evening

• in night

• in bedtime

• in my brother's birthday

• in the future

Open Ended

What is another example of a proper use of "in"?

Multiple Choice

Let's meet _______ six o'clock

• at

• on

• in

Multiple Choice

I went to Scotland _________ 1980

• at

• on

• in

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I had a severe headache ______ Friday

• at

• on

• in

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We met her _________ New Year's Eve

• at

• on

• in

Multiple Choice

We arrived in Romania __________ October

• at

• on

• in

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We arrived in Romania _______ October 13th

• at

• on

• in

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I went to Scotland _________ 1980

• at

• on

• in

Multiple Choice

We get up early _______ the morning

• at

• on

• in

Multiple Choice

Do you dream ________ night?

• at

• on

• in

Multiple Choice

What do you like doing _______ Fridays?

• at

• on

• in

Multiple Choice

what are you doing _________ the moment?

• at

• on

• in

Multiple Select

AT

• the first day

• the spring

• night

• 7 PM

• take off

Multiple Select

ON

• dinnertime

• the 4th of September

• the Ice Age

• the past

• 9/11

Multiple Select

IN

• the time of the dinosaurs

• sunrise

• the next century

• March 3rd

• midnight

Multiple Select

AT

• 3 PM

• the summer

• Monday

• 2007

• noon

Multiple Select

ON

• the first day

• the future

• February

• Independence Day

• 5 PM

Multiple Select

IN

• March

• March 10th

• the past

• Thursday

• sunrise

Multiple Choice

Turn off your computer _________ the end of the lesson!

• at

• on

• in