Wednesday, November 6th

A. Time Prepositions: At, In, On

Put in the correct preposition (choose in / on / at or No preposition).

1) There was a loud noise which woke us up midnight.. 2) Do you usually eat chocolate eggs Easter?. 3) What are you doing the weekend?. 4) last week I worked until 9pm every night... 5) My father always reads the paper breakfast time.. 6) She plays tennis Fridays.. 7) The trees here are really beautiful the spring.. 8) I'll see you Tuesday afternoon then.. 9) Shakespeare died 1616.. 10) She studies every day.. 11) John is going to buy the presents today.. 12) In my hometown, the shops open early the morning.. 13) She met her husband 1998.. 14) The party is next Saturday.. 15) We are meeting Friday morning.. 16) I often get sleepy the afternoon.. 17) His daughter was born the 24th of August.. 18) Mobile phones became popular the nineties.. 19) Luckily the weather was perfect her wedding day. B. Time Prepositions: For, During and While How to use during during is a preposition which is used before a noun (during + noun) to say when something happens. It does not tell us how long it happened. For example: "Nobody spoke during the presentation." "We get plenty of snow here during the winter." How to use while When is used to talk about two things that are happening at the same time. The length of time is not important. Remember that while is used with a subject and a verb (while + subject + verb). For example: "The phone rang while I was watching TV." "I met him while we were studying in the library." How to use for For is a preposition which is used with a period to say how long something goes on: "Simon has been sleeping for 8 hours." "We waited for 30 minutes outside your house." 1. I worked duringwhilefor the holidays.  2. We'll walk whileduringfor an hour. then we'll have a rest.  3. She is gardening whileduringfor her husband is painting the chairs.  4. Bob called me whileduringfor the meeting  5. We met forduringwhile the barbecue party.  6. I've been waiting for them whileduringfor two hours.  7. Samantha visited the Eiffel Tower whileforduring her stay in Paris  8. whileduringfor I think of it, don't forget to call Mr Blair.  9. Don't speak duringforwhile I am doing this exercise !  10. Two years ago she stayed in Paris duringforwhile three months. Say or Tell (present or past) 1) Julie that she would join us after work.. 2) She me that she was going running this evening.. 3) John us that he couldn't come to the party.. 4) John that he had been to the cinema at the weekend.. 5) She them she wanted to quit.. 6) David that he was going to arrive at eight.. 7) They that they didn't want to meet us on Tuesday.. 8) I him I wasn't impressed.. 9) Lucy Julie that she was leaving on Wednesday.. 10) We that we were going on holiday the following week.. 11) Jack my mother he would be in Spain this week.. 12) I that I hated mushrooms.. 13) She she loved chocolate.. 14) They they were meeting Luke today.. 15) They us they were going to the museum this afternoon.. 16) He he wouldn't start without us.. 17) I them I'd bring pudding.. 18) Jonathan it would rain today.. 19) They us that it was fine to come late.. 20) The boss me that I should do some more work on this report.