Unit 4: Grammar : Prepositions of Place and Time .

1- prepositions of place :

Prepositions of place
- In, on, at, beside, next to, by, near, between, behind, in front of, under, below, above….

Examples :
- The book is on the desk - the board is behind the teacher .
- the book is beside the pen. - the book is under the desk .
- the teacher is in front of the board. - the book is in the bag.
2- prepositions of time .

Prepositions of time
Prepo-si Use Examples
tion
In - Parts of the day ( in the morning, in the afternoon, the - My father usually reads his newspaper in
evening) the morning.
- Years (in 2005, in 1985) - Facebook was launched in 2007.
- Months (in January, in February ...etc) - My birthday is in February.
- Seasons ( in summer, in winter, in autumn, in spring) - It always snows in winter in Alaska.
- Duration (in two days, in five minutes ...etc) - In four days, my brother is going to finish
- In the present/ in the past/ in the future his project.
- In the past there was no Internet and people
were happy.
At - Specific time (7:00 a.m.) - The movie starts at 8:00 p.m.
- Specific time in the day ( noon, midnight, night, - The shop closes at midnight.
midday, sunrise, sunset, lunchtime, dinner time, bed
time, the moment...etc)

On - Days of the week (On Monday, on Tuesday, on - I usually wake up at 07:00 a.m. on
Tuesday morning) Mondays.
- Christmas is on the fourth Thursday of
- Date (On the 25th October, on January the 15th….) November every year.
- Moroccan people listen to the royal speech
- Special days (On my Birthday, on Independence Day, on Independence Day
on Christmas Day...etc)
From…to -Period of time (from Monday to Tuesday) - My Friends and I go to school from
Monday to Saturday.

Exercise 1 : Fill in prepositions of time “AT / IN / ON” as in the example:

1. .. on … Saturday 8. ………… 9 o’clock 15. ………… autumn

2. ………. July 9. ………… Christmas 16. ……….. half past two

3. ………. 1984 10. ………… in the future 17. ………… Monday morning

4. ………. March 25th 11…………. 1991 18. ………… Eid Al adha.

5. ………. Friday 12. ……….. night 19. …………10 o’clock
6. ………. summer 13. ……….. winter 20. …………Thursday afternoon
7. ………. the morning 14. ……….. the evening 21. ………… noon