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Preposition of Time for Grade 3 Elementary School. Angela Nydia Sabella Rizky Tiarani Tesalonika Seruni. Definition. Preposition: A word or group of words used before a noun or pronoun to show place, position, time , or method. (According to Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary).
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Preposition of Time for Grade 3 Elementary School Angela Nydia Sabella Rizky Tiarani Tesalonika Seruni
Definition Preposition: A word or group of wordsused before a noun orpronoun to show place, position, time, or method. (According to Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
Function On: is used with days and dates At: is used with noon, night, midnight, and time of day (precise time) In: is used with months, years, centuries, long periods, and seasons
My plane leaves at noon. Examples I will see you on Monday. ON: AT: IN: The days are long in August. The week begins on Sunday. The movie starts at 6 p.m. The days are long in August.
Examples Her birthday is on 20 November. The shop closes at midnight. There will be a meeting in the afternoon. Mr. Tom always comes here on Tuesday morning. ON: Jane went home at lunchtime. There should be a lot of progress in the next century. AT: IN:
Exercise Fill in the correct prepositions (in/on/ at) • Peter is playing tennis ____ Sunday. 2. My brother's birthday is ____ the 5th of November. 3. My birthday is ____ May. 4. We are going to see my parents ____ the weekend. 5. ____ 1666, a great fire broke out in London. on on in in In
at 6. I don't like walking alone in the streets ____ night. 7. What are you doing ____ the afternoon? 8. My dad comes home ____ the lunchtime. 9. I like to watch the parade ____ Independence Day. 10. We finished the marathon ____ the same time in at on at
Sources Retrieved May 28th 2013 from: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/594/01/ http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepositions/exercises?02 http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6259