PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT PREPOSITION.  CHOOSE IN , ON OR AT.

1. I wake up at 7.00.

2. I sometimes work on Saturdays.

3. I never work at the weekends.

4. I see my family on Christmas.

5. I go on holiday in August.

6. I go to bed at 11 p.m.

7. I watch TV in the evening.

8. I do my English homework at night.

9. I read the newspaper in the morning.

10. I have lunch at 1.30 p.m.

11. I always go out on Friday nights.

12. I go to a restaurant on New Year’s Eve.

13. I start a new school year on September.

14. I go skiing in the winter.

15. I was born in 1977.

16. I get up late on Saturday mornings.

17. I usually have a cup of coffee in  the afternoons.

18. My birthday is on  July.

19. The party is on the first of October.

20. We have a meeting on the first Thursday of the month.

Fill in the correct form of the verb given.

1. Who is he writing to? – He is writing to his sister Maria, who
   is usually in England at this time of the year. (HE WRITE, WRITE, BE)
2. Marty was smoking just when his mother came into his room.
   (SMOKE, COME)
3. She left an hour ago and didn’t come back yet. (LEAVE, NOT COME)
4. I usually drink tea with milk, but I like to have my coffee black.
   (DRINK, LIKE)
5. When I was in school, I knew a student who hadn’t failed  a test in his whole
   life. (KNOW, NOT FAIL)
6. You can’t go into her room. She is sleeping and you shouldn’t wake her. (SLEEP)
7. I never felt better in my life. I hope it stays that way. (NEVER FEEL,
   STAY)
8. We hadn’t gone outside yesterday because it had rained the whole day. Maybe we
   will go tomorrow. (NOT GO, RAIN, GO)
9. While Mom was working in the garden, she hurt her back. She
   went to the doctor who told her that she would have to rest for a few
   days. (WORK, HURT, GO, WILL)
   10.My sister has been working hard for school recently. She’s got a few tests coming up
   next week. (WORK)
   11.The results were better than I was expecting. (EXPECT)
   12.Nobody was in the car, even though the engine was running. (RUN)
   13.I went into the garden to see what the boys were doing. (DO)
   14.All your fingers are brown. You smoke too much. (SMOKE)
   15.When I saw him last, he wasn’t married for so long. (NOT BE)
   16.I just heard that his brother travelled around in Australia. (JUST
   HEAR, TRAVEL)
   17. Have you slept the whole morning? – I was trying to call you for over an hour.
   (YOU SLEEP, TRY)
   18.After he read the letter, he throwed it away. (READ, THROW)
   19.I didn’t read today’s newspaper. – did you see it anywhere? (NOT READ,
   YOU SEE)
   20.Jake was coaching my sister for over a year. She had some very good
   results lately. (COACH, HAVE)