4. Time after Time
Focus on
Which is faster? The Underground or a man running?
Race the Circle Line from Mansion House to Cannon Street
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Prepositions of time
Look at these examples from the dialogues in this topic.
Let's meet at 8 o'clock
I'm skating on Tuesday.
When do we use in? And on? And at? And no preposition? look at the table below and check your answer.
| IN | AT | ON |
NO PREPOSITION (-) |
|
TIMES OF DAY (e.g.:the morning, the afternoon) MONTHS (July, March) SEASONS (e.g.: summer, winter) YEARS,DECADES, CENTURIES (e.g.: 2001, the 1990s, the 14th century) |
TIME ON THE CLOCK (E.G.: 5 o'clock, 11.30 a.m.) With HOLIDAYS OF MORE THAN ONE DAY (e.g.: Easter, the weekend) With NIGHT |
ONE PARTICULAR DAY (e.g.: 4th June, Wednesday, Christmas day, 6th June 1956) |
With NEXT , LAST and EVERY (e.g.: last week, next year, every day) and with these words:TODAY, TOMORROW, YESTERDAY |
Do it yourself
Choose the correct answer, in, on, at or -
Do it yourself
1. When were you born?
2. What time do you get up in the morning? And go to bed?
3. When is your saint's day?
4. What days do you study English?
5. When do you usually meet up with your friends?
6. If you work, what time do you leave home and arrive at work? What time do you get home in the evening'
7. When is Easter this year?
8. When are you going on holiday?
9. In which century was Cervantes born? And Julio Iglesias?
10. When did you last go on holiday?
1. On _______
2. At ______
3. On _____
4. Every day!
5. On _____
6. At ____
7. In ___
8. In ___ (month)/On (exact date)/ Next _____
9. In the 16th century. In the 20th (19th?)
10. Last (month)/In (month)
Moving on
What month is it?
When Catholic Europe adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1582, Anglican England refused to follow. With time, this meant that the difference in dates between the continent and the British Isles grew to nearly two weeks. You could leave England on 4th June and
arrive in France on 16th (now that's a long journey!). When the British adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1753, Wednesday 2nd September was followed by Thursday 14th September. Many people protested , shouting "Give us back our 11 days!". So when people say that Cervantes died 1 day before Shakespeare (22nd and 23rd April 1616), in fact in reality there were 10 days between them!
How many days in a month?
How do you remember which months have 31 days and which have 30? The British use this short rhyme:
- Thirty days have September,
- April, June, and November.
- All the rest have 31,
- Except February alone,
- And that has 28 days clear,
- And 29 in a leap year.
- (What's a leap year? They happen every 4 years.)