Prepositions of TIME (ESL)

Prepositions of TIME (ESL)

-->--IN--ON--AT<--

How do we express TIME in English?

• We use the prepositions ...

• IN

• ON

• AT

AT + clock time

• at 9:00

• at ten thirty (10:30)

• at quarter of 3 (2:45)

• 5 p.m.

Open Ended

What time do you wake up?

(I wake up_______.)

USE AT with OTHER TIMES:

at noon

at midnight

at night

at dinnertime

at lunchtime

at dawn

at dusk

at Christmastime

Multiple Choice

When is 12:00 am?

• at noon

• at midnight

• at lunchtime

• at dawn

Multiple Choice

When is 12:00 pm?

• at noon

• at midnight

• at dinnertime

• at dawn

Multiple Choice

When is the sun rising (coming up)?

• at noon

• at midnight

• at night

• at dawn

Multiple Choice

When is the sun is setting (going down)?

• at dusk

• at midnight

• at lunchtime

• at dawn

ON + day

--> on Monday, on Tuesday, on Wednesday...

--> on Fridays, on Sundays

--> on Christmas Day, on New Years Day, on Groundhog Day

--> on my birthday

ON + the + weekend

--> on the weekend

--> on the weekends

ON + date

--> on July 4th

--> on February 14th

--> on Monday, April 1

--> on December 25, 2019

Review questions using

AT -or- ON

Drag and Drop

We have a soccer game ​ ​

Placeholder

Monday.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

on

at

Dropdown

I eat chocolate cake​

Select answer

my birthday.

Dropdown

Class begins ​

Select answer

9:19 a.m.

Dropdown

We eat lunch ​

Select answer

noon.

Dropdown

I study ​

Select answer

the weekends.

Dropdown

We watch TV ​

Select answer

night.

Dropdown

You have a dentist appointment ​

Select answer

Tuesday, April 4th.

IN + time of day

--> in the morning

--> in the evening

--> in the afternoon

IN + month

IN + year

--> in March

--> in June

--> in 2020

--> in 1980

--> in October, 1990

IN + the + season

--> in the winter

--> in the spring

--> in the fall/autumn

--> in the summer

(IN + the + season + year)

--> in the summer of 1995

--> in the winter of 1943

Multiple Choice

___ Christmas day

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

___ Christmastime

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

___ December 25th

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

___ December

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

___ 2021

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

___ February, 2021

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

___ February 14, 2021

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

___ your birthday

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

___ Monday

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

___ noon

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

___ winter

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

___ the 17th century

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

___ the summer of 1865

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

___ dinnertime

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

___ 6 pm last evening.

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

___ midnight

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

___ summer

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

Do you study___ the evening?

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

I go to the beach ___ summer.

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

I always wake up___ midnight.

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

We go fishing___ the spring.

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

I have a piano lesson ___ Tuesday.

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

They like to travel ___ September.

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

She has a doctor's appointment ___ November 18.

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

The movie theater will open ___ July 2021.

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

I help my dad rake the leaves ___ the fall.

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

He is meeting me ___ Thursday, May 30th.

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

Halloween is ___ October.

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

The party is ___ Saturday, December 10, 2022.

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

I like watching movies ___ night.

• in

• on

• at

Multiple Choice

My sister wakes up ___ 7:00 am.

• in

• on

• at