Telling the Time and Prepositions of Time (At, On, In)

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School Days: Telling the Time and Prepositions of Time

How to use this lesson

For the teacher: Guide learners through the table and practice items in 12 minutes. Check answers together with the class after each section.

For the learner: Read the four rules in the table first. Then answer the practice questions from easy to hard.

Rule	Example
We use at with clock times.	School starts at 8 o'clock.
We use on with days of the week.	We have art on Monday.
We use in with parts of the day, but at with night.	I do homework in the evening.
We use half past and quarter past/to to say the time.	Lunch is at half past twelve.

1. Choose the correct sentence (Monday):

____ Our English lesson starts in Monday. ____ Our English lesson starts on Monday. ____ Our English lesson starts at Monday.

2. Choose the correct sentence (morning):

____ The teacher comes to the classroom in the morning. ____ The teacher comes to the classroom at the morning. ____ The teacher comes to the classroom on the morning.

3. Choose the correct sentence (night):

____ I finish my homework in night. ____ I finish my homework on night. ____ I finish my homework at night.

4. Rewrite the time in words: 8:15 (quarter)

Our break starts at ___

____

5. Rewrite the time in words: 12:30 (half)

We have lunch at ___

____

6. Rewrite the time in words: 3:45 (quarter)

The music club starts at ___

____

7. Fill the gap with the correct preposition (time):

Look at the timetable. The lesson starts ___ 9 o'clock.

____

8. Fill the gap with the correct preposition (Friday):

We do not have homework ___ Friday.

____

9. Fill the gap with the correct preposition (afternoon):

The students go to the sports club ___ the afternoon.

____

10. Correct the error in this chat message (Tuesday):

"Hi Sam! Meet me at the classroom at Tuesday."

____ Meet me at the classroom in Tuesday. ____ Meet me at the classroom on Tuesday. ____ Meet me at the classroom to Tuesday.

11. Correct the error in this chat message (evening):

"Do you want to do homework on the evening?"

____ Do you want to do homework in the evening? ____ Do you want to do homework at the evening? ____ Do you want to do homework to the evening?

12. Correct the error in this chat message (finish):

"Don't forget! The club will finish in 4 o'clock."

____ The club will finish on 4 o'clock. ____ The club will finish to 4 o'clock. ____ The club will finish at 4 o'clock.

School Days: Telling the Time and Prepositions of Time

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