English 9 - Unit 3: Language focus 2, 3

Unit 3: A TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE

Language focus 2, 3

​Unit 3: A TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE

Language focus 2, 3

Prepositions of time:

- at (lúc, vào lúc) dùng cho thời gian trong ngày và vào những ngày lễ

Ex: at 5 o’clock, at 11:45, at midnight, at Christmas, at night, at sunset, at dawn, …

- on (vào) dùng cho ngày, ngày tháng, ngày tháng năm và các ngày cụ thể

Ex: on Wednesday, on 15 April, on 20 July 1992, on Christmas day, on Friday morning, on my birthday

- in (trong, vào) dùng cho tháng năm mùa thế kỷ và các buổi trong ngày (ngoại trừ at night)

Ex: in 1998, in September, in March 1999, in the winter, in the 21st century, in the 1970s, in the morning​

​Lưu ý: Không dùng các giới từ in, on, at trước every, last, next, this, tomorrow, yesterday…

​Unit 3: A TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE

Language focus 2, 3

Prepositions of time:

- after: sau, sau khi

Ex: I’ll see you after the meeting.  (Tôi sẽ gặp bạn sau buổi họp.)

- before: trước, trước khi

Ex: She regularly goes for a run before breakfast.  (Cô ấy thường chạy bộ trước bữa sáng)

- between … and … = from … to/up to …: từ ... đến ...

Ex: between 6 pm and 8 am, from Monday to Friday, …

Ex: I’m usually free between/from Tuesday and/to Thursday.

​Unit 3: A TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE

Language focus 2, 3

Prepositions of time:

-  for: +  khoảng thời gian

Ex: for two hours (trong hai giờ), for 20 minutes (trong 20 phút), for five days (trong năm ngày), for a long time, for ages( trong một khoảng thời gian dài)…

- since: + mốc thời gian

Ex: since ten past six (từ 6h10), since Monday (từ thứ hai), since yesterday (từ hôm qua), since 1987 (từ năm 1987), since we were children (từ khi chúng tôi còn nhỏ),…

- till/ until: đến, cho đến khi

Ex:      He’ll be at work until/ till half past five. (Anh ấy sẽ làm việc đến 5h30)

-  up to: đến, cho đến

Ex: Up to now he’s been quiet. (Cho đến bây giờ anh ấy vẫn im lặng)

Multiple Choice

b. He arrives in Singapore ................ Monday morning.

• till

• on

• after

• up to

• between

Multiple Choice

c. On Tuesday morning, there is a meeting ................... 11 am and 1 pm.

• till

• on

• after

• up to

• between

Multiple Choice

d. On Wednesday, Mr. Thanh has appointments ................ 10 pm.

• till

• on

• after

• up to

• between

Multiple Choice

e. He returns to the hotel   ................  10 pm. 

• till

• on

• after

• up to

• between

Multiple Choice

f. He will be in Singapore from Monday   ................  Thursday.

• till

• on

• after

• up to

• between

​Complete the sentences with ON, AT, IN, FOR:

a) Goodbye. See you ___ Monday.

b) The bus collected us ___ 5 o’clock early ___ the morning.

c) We usually go to our home village at least once ___ the summer.

d) We walked ___ half an hour to roach the waterfall.

e) They planned to have the trip ___ June.

f) She loves to watch the stars ___ night.

​Unit 3: A TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE

Language focus 2, 3

Fill in the Blanks

​Complete the sentences with ON, AT, IN, FOR:

a) Goodbye. See you

Monday.

Fill in the Blanks

​Complete the sentences with ON, AT, IN, FOR:

b) The bus collected us ___ 5 o’clock early ___ the morning.

Fill in the Blanks

​Complete the sentences with ON, AT, IN, FOR:

c) We usually go to our home village at least once

the summer.

Fill in the Blanks

​Complete the sentences with ON, AT, IN, FOR:

d) We walked

half an hour to roach the waterfall.

Fill in the Blanks

​Complete the sentences with ON, AT, IN, FOR:

e) They planned to have the trip

June.

Fill in the Blanks

​Complete the sentences with ON, AT, IN, FOR:

f) She loves to watch the stars

night.