Grammar

Grammar/Unit 7: Prepositions of Time

Vocabulary

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Period

/peer-ee-ud/

"Duration."

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Precise

/pri-sys/

"Exact."

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Duration

/doo-ray-shun/

"Length of time."

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Exception

/ik-sep-shun/

"Rule breaker."

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Century

/sen-chuh-ree/

"100 years."

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Decade

/dek-ayd/

"10 years."

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Quarter

/kwor-ter/

"3 months."

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Midnight

/mid-nyt/

"12:00 AM."

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Noon

/noon/

"12:00 PM."

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Schedule

/skej-ool/

"Plan."

Article

When is it? ⏰

We use the same words (In/On/At), but for Time.

AT (Precise Time / Holidays)
- At 5:00 PM, At noon, At Christmas.
ON (Days / Dates)
- On Monday, On my birthday, On June 15th.
IN (Long Periods - Months/Years/Seasons/Parts of day)
- In July, In 2024, In summer, In the morning.

Triangle Trick: TOPS: IN (Big: Years/Months) -> ON (Medium: Days) -> AT (Small: Hours).

Practice

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The meeting is ___ 09:00.

I was born ___ 1995.

See you ___ Friday.

We go skiing ___ winter.

My birthday is ___ July 1st.

___ the morning.

___ night (Exception!).

___ the weekend.

___ Christmas Day.

10.

___ Christmas (Period).

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