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PREPOSITIONS (2): Prepositions of TIME.

LAS PREPOSICIONES (2): Preposiciones de tiempo.

IN Vamos a utilizarla con las partes del da, los meses, las estaciones y los aos. No olvides que en ingls los meses se escriben en maysculas. In the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening PERO at night NO in the night In August, in September, in October (months) In summer, in autumn, in winter, in spring (seasons) In 1992, in 2012 (years) In the 20th century

ON Con los das de la semana, ocasiones especiales y las fechas completes. No olvides que en ingls se escriben en maysculas los das de la semana y las ocasiones especiales. On Friday, on Fridays, on Friday evening On Christmas Day, on his birthday On January 27th, on 14th September (dates) On a cold day, on a warm day, on a summer night

AT La usaremos con las horas del da, horas de las comidas, algunas festividades y con algunas expresiones especiales. At 8 a.m., at 8 oclock At breakfast, at lunch, at dinner / supper At lunchtime, at teatime At night, at midnight, at noon (12 a.m.) At the weekend At Easter, at Christmas

FROM (de / desde) para hablar de una accin. I will be in London from Monday. Estar en Londres desde el lunes.

FROM TO / UNTIL (de / desde a / hasta) para expresar cundo empieza la accin y cundo acaba. The library opens from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. La biblioteca abre de diz a ocho. I was in England until December. Estuve en Inglaterra hasta diciembre.

BY (para, antes de) la usaremos con un momento especfico, para marcar el plazo de tiempo de algo. You should hand in your projects by Friday. Deberais entregar vuestros proyectos antes del / para el viernes.

WITHIN (antes de / en el plazo de) con un periodo de tiempo, para marcar un plazo limite. Con IN podramos expresar lo mismo. Ill be ready within an hour = Ill be ready in an hour. Estar lista dentro de / en una hora.

DURING (durante) se utiliza con un periodo de tiempo general o amplio. During my holidays, I visited a lot of beautiful places. Durante mis vacaciones, visit un montn de sitios hermosos. During the war, he lived in France. Durante la Guerra l vivi en Francia.

FOR (durante) sin embargo se utiliza para periodos concretos (das, semanas, meses, aos). She was in London for ten days.. Ella estuvo en Londres durante diz das.

ACTIVITIES
1) Fill in at, on or in. 1 in.. September 4March 25th 7...the afternoon 101983 13.Friday 16the evening 199 oclock 22a hot day
ANSWERS:

2 Christmas 5..spring 8.New Years Day 1110 oclock 14.midnight 17Sundays 20Easter 23 the 19th century

3Saturday night 6.night 9.noon 12the weekend 15a summer day 18Friday morning 21autumn 24a winter night

In, at, on, on, in, at, in, on, at, in, at, at, on, at, on, in, on, on, at, at, in, on, in, on

2) Complete the sentences with in, on or at. 1 Chistmas is on the 25th of December. 2 Its hot . Summer. 3 Its cold .. winter. 4 He woke up late the morning. 5 I always have a nap .. the afternoon 6 She moved house .. 1989. 7 My birthday is .. August. 8 We dont go out Mondays. 9 She left late .. night. 10 Its windy autumn. 11 Sues party is 4 oclock. 12 Her daughter was born August 2nd. 13 We watch cartoons on TV .. the evening 14 They got married . July.
ANSWERS: on, in, in, in, in, in, in, on, at, in, at, on, in, in.

3) Fill in: in , on or at. 1) ..At. the weekend Peter is very busy. 2) .. Saturdays he gets up 3) . 7 oclock and he goes for a walk with his dog. They come home 4) .. 8 oclock and he has breakfast. 5) the morning Peter does his homework, then he has lunch 6)... 1oclock. 7) 4 oclock he goes swimming with his friends. 8) . the winter they go to the swimming pool, but 9) the summer they can swim in the sea. 10) about 5.30 they say goodbye and go home. 11) .. the evening Peter watches TV. His favourite programme is the sports programme 12) 8.30 13) Saturday evenings. 14) Sundays, he tidies his room, digs the garden and he sometimes goes to the cinema.
ANSWERS: at, on, at, at, in, at, at, in, in, at, in, at, on, on.

4) Fill in: in, on or at. 1).AtChristmas, our family has a good time. We always have a party 2) . the 24th of December. 3) the afternoon we make pies and 4) . night the party starts. People start to arrive 5) .. 9 oclock. 6) .. midnight, we all sing We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Christmas Day is 7) .. the 25th of December. 8) .. the morning we open our presents and 9) .. 2 oclock we have Christmas lunch. My favourite Christmas was 10) . 1990. We visited our uncle in Australia. Christmas is 11) .. summer there. We had our Christmas dinner on the beach. 12) the afternoon.
ANSWERS: at, on, in, at, at, at, on, in, at, in, in, in.

Fuente: Round up, LONGMAN

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