7.

Time expressions

1 We can use in, at and on when we talk about time.

in

1997/the 1980s/spring/the
afternoon/January

years/decades/seasons/
parts of the day/months

on

5 November/Christmas
Day/Monday/Tuesday morning

dates/special
expressions with
day/days/parts of a day

at

nine oclock/weekends/night

times/fixed phrases
(weekends, night)

2 Complete the sentences.

1 He was born ___ 2001.
2 They arrived ___ Sunday.
3 I usually study ___ the evening.
4 We never work ___ night.

He was born in 2001.

They arrived on Sunday.
I usually study in the evening.
We never work at night.

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Time expressions

3 We put ago at the end of the sentence.

I visited Greece

three days/two months/five

years

ago.

4 Complete the sentences in the past with the correct time

expression.
1 we/arrive/two years

We arrived two years ago.

2 I/go home/seven oclock

I went home at seven oclock.

3 Gina/visit/Sweden/2009

Gina visited Sweden in 2009.

4 they/start school/autumn

They started school in autumn.

5 Chris/leave England/five months

Chris left England five months ago.

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