Summary: Curso de inglés por Internet gratis – Nivel básico elementalLESSON 25 – LECCION 25 GRAMATICAToday we are going to talk about the prepositions of time. We are also going to review the prepositions of place discussed and presented in LESSON #9 (CLICK HERE).Hoy vamos a presentar las preposiciones de tiempo y también vamos a repasar las preposiciones de lugar que discutimos en la LECCION #9 (ENLACE AQUI) Prepositions of place and time - Preposiciones en inglésBefore we start presenting more prepositions of place please review Lesson 9 (Link here).Prepositions of place show where something is in relation to another object or person. They show "position" and help us describe where something is located in a sentence.In lesson #9 we practiced the prepositions of place and today I would like to expand the conceptwith the rollowing rules. Prepositions of place and time : IN / ON / AT Use IN before: - Countries and cities :Colombia, Bogota (Paises y ciudades) - Buildings: a shop, a museum (Edificios) - Months: February, June (Meses) - Seasons: winter, summer (Estaciones del año) - Years: 1998, 2003 (Años) - Times of the day: morning, afternoon, evening - NOT night (Partes del día) Use ON before: - Transport: a bike, a bus, train, plane, a ship - NOT car (Transporte) - A surface: the floor, a table, a shelf, the balcony, the roof, the wall (Superficies) - Dates: March 1st (Fechas) - Days: Tuesday, New Year's Day, Valentine's Day (Dias) Use AT before: - The following words: school, home, work, university, the airport, the station, a bus stop, a party, the door, night, the weekend - Times: 6 o'clock, half past five, 4:45 pm (Hora) - Festival periods: Christmas, Easter (Festivales)More Prepositions of time (colaboración englisch-hilfe.com) Mas preposiciones en inglésLinks to practice Prepositions of Place:Prepositions of timehttp://www.learnenglish.de/Games/Prepositions/PreposTime.htmhttp://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/230.html http://www.ztudenti.com/index.php/Galeria-Shkollore/prepositions-of-time.html http://www.world-english.org/prepositions.htmExercises IN / ON/ AT http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blgrquiz_prep1.htm http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blgrquiz_prep3.htm http://www.scribd.com/doc/6979692/In-On-At-Preposition-Practice http://www.english-the-easy-way.com/Prepositions/In_On_At_Place_Quiz.htm http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/63.html http://www.clafoti.com/ImagenesABC/exa_3.htm http://www.languageschool.cz/prepositionsoftime2.html http://english-quiz.net/time-prepositions-quiz.htmlhttp://www.better-english.com/grammar/timepreps.htm http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/prepositions-at-in-on-time.htmExtra Reading: http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/prepositions-at-in-on-place.htm http://www.english-4u.de/prep_of_place.htm http://www.better-english.com/grammar/timepreps.htm http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/prepositions-at-in-on-time.htm
