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Prepositions of Time Exercise at Auto

The document provides examples of using prepositions of time such as "on", "in", and "at" to indicate times like days of the week, months, or specific times. It also gives examples of prepositions of place to indicate locations like "in", "on", "under", "above", "below", and directions like "to", "from", "into", and "towards". The document is a reference for English learners on using different prepositions of time and place in examples sentences.

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Prepositions of Time Exercise at Auto

The document provides examples of using prepositions of time such as "on", "in", and "at" to indicate times like days of the week, months, or specific times. It also gives examples of prepositions of place to indicate locations like "in", "on", "under", "above", "below", and directions like "to", "from", "into", and "towards". The document is a reference for English learners on using different prepositions of time and place in examples sentences.

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Prepositions of Time Exercise at Auto-English

Fill the gaps with at, in or on.

1
I hate doing the shopping ___________ Saturdays.
2 She passed her driving test ___________ March.
3 Valencia is too hot for me ___________ summer.
4 ___________ Sunday mornings I have coffee and toast for breakfast and read the
newspaper.
5 ___________ Monday and Wednesday evenings I go to English class.
6 We're planning to go skiing ___________ Easter.
7 It's ridiculous. The bank closes ___________ 2:30 pm.
8 Jim had a terrible journey to Wales ___________ Christmas Eve 2003.
9 ___________ 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
10 Some people study best ___________ night but I prefer the morning.
11 I love watching the James Bond film ___________ Christmas Day.
12 I normally phone my girlfriend ___________ 10 o'clock every evening.
13 I hate going out ___________ the week.
14 We usually go out for dinner ___________ the weekend.
15 She's always very grumpy first thing ___________ the morning

Präpositions – Time

English Usage Example

 on days of the week on Monday

 in months / seasons in August / in winter


time of day in the morning
year in 2006
after a certain period of time in an hour
(when?)

 at for night at night


for weekend at the weekend
a certain point of time (when?) at half past nine

 since from a certain point of time since 1980


(past till now)

 for over a certain period of time for 2 years


(past till now)

 ago a certain time in the past 2 years ago


English Usage Example

 befor earlier than a certain point of before 2004


e time

 to telling the time ten to six (5:50)

 past telling the time ten past six (6:10)

 to / marking the beginning and end from Monday to/till Friday
till / until of a period of time

 till / in the sense of how long He is on holiday until Friday.


until something is going to last

 by in the sense of at the latest I will be back by 6 o’clock.


up to a certain time By 11 o'clock, I had read five
pages.

Präpositions – Place (Position and Direction)

English Usage Example

 in room, building, street, town, in the kitchen, in London


country in the book
book, paper etc. in the car, in a taxi
car, taxi in the picture, in the world
picture, world

 at meaning next to, by an object at the door, at the station


for table at the table
for events at a concert, at the party
place where you are to do at the cinema, at school, at
something typical (watch a film, study, work
work)

 on attached the picture on the wall


for a place with a river London lies on the Thames.
being on a surface on the table
for a certain side (left, right) on the left
for a floor in a house on the first floor
for public transport on the bus, on a plane
for television, radio on TV, on the radio

 by, left or right of somebody or Jane is standing by / next to /


next to, beside something beside the car.

 under on the ground, lower than (or the bag is under the table
covered by) something else

 below lower than something else but the fish are below the surface
English Usage Example

above ground

 over covered by something else put a jacket over your shirt


meaning more than over 16 years of age
getting to the other side (also walk over the bridge
across) climb over the wall
overcoming an obstacle

 above higher than something else, a path above the lake


but not directly over it

 across getting to the other side (also walk across the bridge
over) swim across the lake
getting to the other side

through something with limits on top, drive through the tunnel


bottom and the sides

 to movement to person or go to the cinema


building go to London / Ireland
movement to a place or go to bed
country
for bed

 into enter a room / a building go into the kitchen / the house

toward movement in the direction of go 5 steps towards the house


s something (but not directly to it)

 onto movement to the top of jump onto the table


something

 from in the sense of where from a flower from the garden

Other important Prepositions

English Usage Example

from who gave it a present from Jane

 of who/what does it belong to a page of the book


what does it show the picture of a palace

 by who made it a book by Mark Twain

 on walking or riding on horseback on foot, on horseback


entering a public transport get on the bus
vehicle

 in entering a car  / Taxi get in the car


English Usage Example

 off leaving a public transport get off the train


vehicle

 out leaving a car  / Taxi get out of the taxi


of

 by rise or fall of something prices have risen by 10 percent


travelling (other than walking by car, by bus
or horseriding)

 at for age she learned Russian at 45

abou for topics, meaning what about we were talking about you
t

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