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  1. Prepositions of Time:

at

at five o’clock, at dawn, at noon, at lunch, at night, at the weekend, at Christmas, at Easter

в пять часов, на рассвете, в полдень, во время ланча, ночью, на выходные, на Рождество, на Пасху

in

in June, in 2007, in the evening, in spring, in nineties, in a minute

в июне, в 2007, вечером, весной, в 90-е, через минуту

on

on weekdays, on Christmas Day, on Wednesday, on Tuesday evening, on May 10, on a sunny day

в будние дни, в день рождества, в среду, во вторник вечером, десятого мая, в солнечный день

by

by the end of the year,

by 5 p.m., by September

к концу года, к пяти часам вечера, к сентябрю

during

during the party, during his spring recess

Во время вечеринки, во время его весенних каникул

for

for three days, for a couple of weeks

в течение трех дней, в течение нескольких недель

after

after lunch

после ланча

from…till

from dusk to dawn, from 6 till 8, from May till July

от заката до рассвета, с 6 до 8, с мая по июль

since

since evening, since then

с вечера, с тех пор

within

within an hour, within a month

в течение часа, в течение месяца

Exercise 1. Insert the necessary prepositions of time:

1.

I left work ______ ten o'clock last night.

a)

at

b)

on

c)

in

d)

(no preposition)

2.

I saw Bob in the street ______ yesterday.

a)

at

b)

on

c)

in

d)

(no preposition)

3.

I didn't get time to come and visit you ______ last Tuesday.

a)

at

b)

on

c)

in

d)

(no preposition)

4.

He used to be a regular visitor ______ Tuesdays.

a)

at

b)

on

c)

in

d)

(no preposition)

5.

I phoned her up and spoke to her ______ Wednesday morning.

a)

at

b)

on

c)

in

d)

(no preposition)

6.

I last saw him ______ the beginning of September.

a)

at

b)

on

c)

in

d)

(no preposition)

7.

I saw him sometime ______ June.

a)

at

b)

on

c)

in

d)

(no preposition)

8.

Were you at the last meeting ______ July 13?

a)

at

b)

on

c)

in

d)

(no preposition)

9.

We bought the company ______ Thursday, 22 May.

a)

at

b)

on

c)

in

d)

(no preposition)

10.

I spoke to her ______ three weeks ago.

a)

at

b)

on

c)

in

d)

(no preposition)

11.

I bought this computer ______ the start of the summer.

a)

at

b)

on

c)

in

d)

(no preposition)

12.

I bought this computer ______ the summer.

a)

at

b)

on

c)

in

d)

(no preposition)

13.

I bought this computer ______ last summer.

a)

at

b)

on

c)

in

d)

(no preposition)

14.

This style was very popular ______ the 1970's.

a)

at

b)

on

c)

in

d)

(no preposition)

15.

They were very popular ______ the middle of the 19th Century.

a)

at

b)

on

c)

in

d)

(no preposition)

16.

I was still at school ______ 1993.

a)

at

b)

on

c)

in

d)

(no preposition)

17.

I met him ______ January of last year.

a)

at

b)

on

c)

in

d)

(no preposition)

18.

I knew John Brown quite well ______ when I was at university.

a)

at

b)

on

c)

in

d)

(no preposition)

19.

I took over this job ______ the middle of last year.

a)

at

b)

on

c)

in

d)

(no preposition)

20.

I was in a meeting ______ all day yesterday.

a)

at

b)

on

c)

in

d)

(no preposition)

JOKE TIME

  • Patient: Doctor! Doctor! I think I’m a dog.

  • Doctor: Sit down, please.

  • Patient: I can’t. I’m not allowed on the furniture.

Exercise 2. Complete the following sentences with the prepositions in, on, at:

  1. 1. I'm going there ____ Monday.

  2. 2. The meeting's ____ the third of June.

  3. 3. The course starts ____ the autumn.

  4. 4. I'm going away _____ Easter.

  5. 5. She was born ___ 2002.

  6. 6. It happened ____ Wednesday.

  7. 7. It was popular ____ the 1990s.

  8. 8. I'm going skiing _____ Christmas.

  9. 9. ____ the weekend.

  10. 10. I’ll call you back ____ a minute.

Exercise 3. Complete the following sentences with during, for, while:

  1. 1. She's going to study abroad ____ the summer.

  2. 2. Something funny happened _____ the lecture.

  3. 3. It happened ____ I was away.

  4. 4. Do it ____ you can.

  5. 5. _____ I was coming here it was starting to rain.

  6. 6. He's been working _____ three weeks.

  7. 7. I fell asleep _____ the film.

  8. 8. Did you see Tom _____ your vacation?

  9. 9. We talked _____ an hour.

  10. 10. _____ our stay in London, we visited a lot of museums.

  11. 11. What did you do _____ you were in London?

  12. 12. I think I need to study French _____ a few months before I go there.

  13. 13. I broke my arm _____ I was playing squash.

  14. 14. He broke into tears _____ the film.

  15. 15. Could you hold on _____ a few moments?

Exercise 3. Insert the necessary prepositions of time:

1. Jane is arriving ___ January 26 ___2 o'clock ___the afternoon. 2. It snows here every year ___December. We always go outside and play in the snow ___Christmas day. 3. Michael is leaving ___Friday ___noon. 4. Lisa started working for her law firm ___1991. 5. Franklin began working on the project ___yesterday. 6. Normally, ____New Year's Eve, it's tradition to kiss the one you love ___midnight. 7. Don't be ridiculous; there were no telephones ___the seventeenth century! The telephone was invented ___the 1870s. 8. The plane leaves ___tomorrow morning ___8:00 a.m. 9. The hills here are covered with wildflowers ____early spring. 10. We met at the restaurant ____6:30 and stayed ____10:30.

Exercise 4. Insert the prepositions of time: