Task: Write a number in the box to indicate the order in which you do these things to make a cup of coffee
Add some milk
Put one spoon of coffee in a cup
Add the hot water
Stir the coffee, the sugar, the milk and the hot water together
Boil some water in a kettle
Add some sugar
Prepositions of time
We usually use three different propositions to describe time: ‘at’, ‘on’ and ‘in’
1) We use ‘at’ to identify a particular time: at 8 o’clock, at 20.40, at night , at 5pm , at eight-thirty.
2) We also use ‘at’ for the weekend (British English): e.g. ‘I will meet you at the weekend.’
3) And we also use ‘at’ for festival days: at Christmas, at Easter .
We use ‘on’ to describe a particular day or date:
1) When we do things regularly on a particular day , on Sundays e.g. ‘I always go shopping on Sundays’ (Notice that it is plural because it is every Sunday)
2) On weekends (American English)
3) On a particular day : on Monday, on Friday, on my birthday e.g. ‘I will meet you on Friday’
4) On a particular date: on June 4th, on the 25th of April, on Christmas day, on the first day of school.
We use ‘in’ to describe a period of time
1) In the future : in a few minutes / in an hour / in three days / in two weeks / in three months/ in a few years e.g. ‘I will do in the next day or two’ (future intention) ‘Our class starts in ten minutes’ (in the future) ‘I can finish it in three days’ (an estimate of the time it will take to complete)
2) To identify a part of the day: in the morning / in the afternoon/ in the evening e.g. ’I always study in the morning’
3) To identify a month : in March, in April e.g. ‘My birthday is in March.’ ‘The semester starts in August’
4) To identify a year : in 1987 e.g. ‘I was born in 1987’
5) To identify a season : in the spring/ the summer/ the autumn /the winter/ the rainy season e.g. ‘The weather is hot in the summer.’
6) To identify a decade : in the 1960s, 1970s e.g. ‘There was an economic crash in the 1990s’
Task 3 : Check and solve the exercises with the frequency adverbs at the beginning of this post !
Task 4: Write the correct preposition in the following sentences and write them down as a comment :
Deadline : 3rd June, at noon
1) I visit my aunt and uncle _______ Wednesday.
2) We go there_________ three days.
3) I go to New York ____________ Christmas day.
4) I stay at home __________ Easter.
5) My favourite TV show is on __________ 7.30pm.
6) His birthday is __________ October.
7) We have a test _________ Friday.
8) I can meet you _________ the afternoon.
9) Your birthday is __________ October 1st.
10) I have an appointment __________ three hours.
11) My friend gets married __________ July.
12) I was born ___________ 1993.
13) I always go to bed _______ midnight.
14) I want to buy a house _________ a few years.
15) Can I call you back _________ ten minutes?
1. You can get COVID -19 by touching the door handles.
2. Some people have no symptoms of infection , but they can spread the illness.
3. Antibodies can fight with viruses.
4. Old people's bodies can be easily affected by the coronavirus.
Whiteboard main ideas
READING
Page 64
COMPREHENSION
Page 65 ex 2 a and b
Altogether we are going to find out how to post comments under the posts on the blog .
Task :
Post as a comment , together with your first name, from page 75 , textbook, ex 4
