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1. Winter holidays will begin ... the 1st of January and last ... the 10th.
2. Jane will arrive ... the 2nd of January and will leave ... the 4th. She will stay ... four days and will
sleep in the sitting room ... her stay.
3. The Christmas service in the church will start ... midnight and go on all ... the night.
4. The third term will begin ... the llth ... Saturday.
5. I'll do shopping ... the afternoon ... Monday.
6. My Ma's birthday party will be arranged ... the 15th of January. She was born ... 1947.
7. The theatre performance will begin ... noon. We'll have to gather an hour ... it.
8. I'll get up early ... the morning ... Saturday the 25th. We'll travel home by train ... the ski trip.
9. A mock exam in geography will take place ... Thursday the 30th.
Ask a student to report on your life in January 1997.
Explain when school holidays and public holidays occur in your country.
Explain what the dates in brackets mean.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837)
The Bicentenary of American Independence (1976)
The Eight Hundred Fiftieth Anniversary of Moscow (1147)
Say what you do and how you feel before, during and after an important exam.
Answer the questions using prepositions given.
1. When is your birthday? (on)
2. When is the summer, winter in your country? (from, to)
3. When does your English class begin? (at)
4. How long does it last? (for)
5. When do you have breakfast? (in)
6. How long do you sleep at night? (for)
7. What day of the week is your English class? (on)
8. How long have you been studying English? (since)
9. What is the work week in your country? (from, to)
10. What year did you begin school? (in)
Use the information in brackets to finish the sentences.
(2
>3) The shop will b
e closed from 2 to 3.
0 (Friday
>) She will be on holiday from Friday.
1 (June
>August) The beach is busy ...
2 (10 o'clock) I'll be at the sports centre ...
3 (March
>) The new motorway will be open ...
4 (Monday
>Friday) We work ...
5 (1991
>1994) He lived i
n Kenya ...
6 (January
>) She will be in Hong Kong ...
Key: 1 from June to August; 2 from 10 o'clock; 3 from March;
4 from Monday to Friday; 5 from 1991 to 1994; 6 from January.
Have students practise the specific-to-general or general-to-specific sequences typically signalled by
at—on—in in English for addresses and dates: