3598 preposition review and their uses

Now write “in, on, at ” next to the words below.IN We use “in” with months, years - in May, in 1978 seasons - in spring country, city or town names – in Mexico, in Paris, in Rockville

Now write “in, on, at ” next to the words below.

IN

We use “in” with months, years - in May, in 1978

seasons - in spring

country, city or town names – in Mexico, in Paris, in Rockville

times of the day - in the morning, afternoon or evening

BUT always - at night!

ON

We use "on" with specific days - on Sunday, on St Valentine’s day, on May the 19th

In American English - "on the weekend OR on weekends"

AT

We use "at" with specific times - at 7 o'clock, at 6.15

at night, at noon

specific places in a city - at school, at the bus stop, at the cinema, at the airport

In British English - "at the weekend OR at weekends"

TO

We use "to" with verbs which show movement such as “go, return, walk, run, drive and come”

-He goes to school / She returned to Venice last month / Tom is coming to the concert

tonight

1 June

2 _ 5 o’clock

3 _ Monday

4 _ 11:30 am

5 _ May 16th

6 _ 2001

7 _ Halloween

8 _ 24 of July

9 _ Paris

10 _ 1984

11 _ midnight

12 _Christmas

13 _ six months

14 _ the winter

15 _ noon

16 the morning

of May 3rd

17 _ the shop

18 Saturday night

Fill in the gaps in this paragraph with the prepositions - in, on, at, to

Juliet was born _ Toronto _ April 2nd _ 8 o'clock _ the evening Toronto is _ the province of Ontario _ Eastern Canada Every day, she goes _ classes _ the communtity college She usually arrives _ St Mary’s College 8:30 the morning and returns _ her apartment _ 5 o’clock. _ the evening

_ the weekends, she likes driving _ her friend's house _ Hamilton She usually arrives _ two _ the afternoon and leaves

_Sunday evening _ 9:30 pm _Saturday, they usually go _a restaurant to have a late lunch _night, they often go _ the movies or out dancing _summer, _August for example, they often go _the lake for the day.

Pick the correct option:

1 Greg goes the village the weekend the summer

a) to/on/on b) at/on/in c) to/at/in

2 The cat _ Julie’s house Paris, sleeps _ night, in her garage

a) at/in/at b) on/at/in c) in/at/to

3 Michael walks _ work the morning but today he is _ the train station a) to/in/on b) to/on/in c) to/in/at

4) _ Sunday, Joe ran _ see his cousin, who was town for two days

a) on/at/in b) at/to/in c) on/to/in

Now write about a routine you have using “in, on, at, to”

I am from in _ I was born _ Normally, I _ _ _

Answer key :

In Toronto / on April 2/ at 8 /in the evening / in the province /

in Eastern / to classes / at the community/ at St Mary’s / at 8:30 / in the morning / to her apartment / in the evening

At/on the weekends / to her fried’s / in Hamilton / at 2 / in the afternoon / on Sunday evening / at 9:30 / on Sat / to a restaurant / at night / to the movies / In summer / in August /

to the lake

Pick:

c) a) c) c)