prepositions

Unit 4: Prepositions of Time and Place: In-On-At

At Jarir Bookstore
Ahmad:	Execuse me. What time is it?
Nabeel:	It's quarter to five.
Ahmad:	What time does the bookstore open?
Nabeel:	At five.
Ahmad:	I don't think I can wait. I have a meeting in an hour. I have to be on time. Actually, it's not today. It's on Tuesday. I'm Ahmad. What's your name?
Nabeel:	Hi, I'm Nabeel.
Ahmad:	Do you live here?
Nabeel:	Yes, I live in an apartment. It is on the first floor. What about you?
Ahmad:	I live in a villa. It's on the corner of King Fahid Street. Before, I lived in a house at 324 King Khalid in Raka. What's your apartment number?
Nabeel:	I live in apartment 103. That's the third door on your left.
Ahmad:	I think it's better to live on the top floor. How much rent do you pay?
Nabeel:	Almost 1500 Riyals a month.
Ahmad:	1500 Riyals for a cheap apartment. It's better to live in the basement and pay less.
Nabeel:	What do you do?
Ahmad:	I work at the hospital. I'm a nurse. I drive a Mercedes.
Nabeel:	Really! Good for you.
Ahmad:	What about you?
Nabeel:	I have to go. Bye
Do you think that Ahmad is telling the truth? Do you think that Ahmad has many friends?

EXERCISE 1:
	Write down the nouns that follow (in, on, at) in the space below.

1- Prepositions are words that show relationships between nouns, pronouns and other words in a sentence. 2- They usually come before nouns. 3- They never change their form, regardless of time, gender, or case. 4- A single preopsition may have more than one meaning depending on the way it is used.

Unit 4: Prepositions of Time: In-On-At

at	in	on
Exact time	Long and short periods, years, months, and centuries	Days and Dates
at 5 o'clock	in July	on Tuesday
at the age of	in winter	on the weekend
at night	in Ramadan	on 3 May
at lunch	in 1997	on 12 Sept. 1996
at bedtime	in the 1960s	on National Day
at sunset	in two centures, in two minutes	on the first day of Eid
at midnight	in the Middle Ages	on my graduation day
at this moment	in the past/future	on New Year's Eve
at present	in the morning/evening/afternoon	on Monday morning(s)/evening(s)/afternoon(s)

Look at these examples:
Correct	Wrong
I saw him last winter	I saw him in last summer.
He will stop by this afternoon.	He will stop by in this afternoon.
I'm going on vacation next weekend.	I'm going on vacation on next weekend.
I visit my family every Eid.	I visit my family at every Eid.
We don't use in, on, at when we use this, next, last, and every in sentences.

EXERCISE 1:
	Fill in the gaps with (in, on, at). If there is no need for a preposition, put a 0.

	1. I saw my family Monday.
	2. I saw her New Year's day.
	3. I was born June.
	4. I saw it 1990.
	5. He starts work Tuesday.
	6. He usually goes out night.
	7. He often goes out Wednesday night.
	8. It snows February.
	9. They go to sleep 9pm.
	10. The classes are the morning.
	11. We'll see you the weekend.
	12. It was different the 1980's.
	13. The class is next week.
	14. The meddan is Wednesdays.
	15. The show is Monday and Thursday.
	16. I saw him last Monday.

Unit 4: Prepositions of Place

at	in	on
a point	enclosed space	a surface
at the intersection	in the drawer	on the table
at the fire station	in Palestine	on the roof
(someone/something) at the door	in Khobar	(something) on the door
at the top of the list	in a box	on the page
at the end of the street	in my shoes	on the tile
at the gate	in my pocket	on the rug
at the entrance	in a house	on the list

at	in	on
Learn the following standard expressions:
Write it at the bottom of the page.	There are lots of clouds in the sky.	I saw him on television.
He is at school.	He is still in school.	I watched a movie on a plane.
Do you think he is at home.	The keys are not in the car.	I don't like riding on a bus/train.
He is at college/university (attending).	The fish jumped in a boat.	He works on a ship.
You are at the top of the list.	I read about it in the newspaper/book.	I rode on a camel/horse.
He is still at work.	I found it in a cab/taxi.	He is on the way.
He is in the hospital. (He is sick.) He is at the hospital. (He is there doing something.)

EXERCISE 1:
	Fill in the gaps with (in, on, at).

	1. Sami works a bank.
	2. The book is the table.
	3. We sleep the bedroom.
	4. He lives 26, King Fahid Street.
	5. She lives a house.
	6. My apartment is the fifth floor.
	7. The cat is the box.
	8. We eat lunch home.
	9. We swim the gulf.
	10. I live King Faisal Street.

Unit 4: Review: Time and Place: In-On-At

EXERCISE 1:
	Fill in the gaps with (in, on, at). If there is no need for a preposition, put a 0.

	1. The bus leaves five minutes.
	2. He lives Khobar.
	3. They went home.
	4. I work Dammam.
	5. He stays home this weekend.
	6. We stayed the hotel.
	7. There is a holiday the end of Ramadan.
	8. I'm going to Jeddah April.
	9. The movie starts eight o' clock.
	10. He left the second of April.
	11. The bed is the house.
	12. I saw him the bust stop.
	13. We don't work Thursdays or Fridays.
	14. He works the hospital.
	15. He's hospital.
	16. Why don't we fly Monday night?
	17. In Saudi the shops shut noon.
	18. My chair is the front row.
	19. He never eats the evening.
	20. I always go to the mosque Fridays
	21. They will go again next summer.
	22. It is very hot Saudi.
	23. We start school July 2nd.
	24. I arrived six o' clock.
	25. I will see you January, 2nd.
	26. The children are the field.
	27. The bird is flying the sky.
	28. He'll see you ten o' clock.
	29. What do you do the evenings?
	30. They will leave Sunday evening.
	31. She lives King Khalid Street.
	32. I left it the classroom.
	33. You must see Lebanon the Spring.
	34. He works the post office.
	35. The cat is the corner.
	36. I don't sleep night these days.
	37. Leaves fall Autumn.
	38. They visited Mekkah last summer.
	39. It's the table
	40. Muslims fast Ramadan.
	41. Where do you go the summer?
	42. It's not the room.
	43. I was born 1961.

EXERCISE 1:
	Rearrange the following words in the correct order. You need to add in, on, or at to the bold words.


	Ex.. works he KSA .
	1. my my desk book is.
	2. father my is hospital.
	3. water tanks are top of the house the.
	4. lions Arabia live don't.
	5. the car the keys are the.
	6. dog the front of is TV the.
	7. sandwiches are the table the.
	8. buy you books a bookstore .
	9. 45, King Khalid Road live they.
	10. is it nine?
	11. noon close shops.
	12. Ahmad lunchtime home went .
	13. are days there 30 April?
	14. Mondays do work you ?
	15. I Jeddah went to May.

EXERCISE 1:
	Each sentence contains a mistake. Correct the mistake and write the sentence in the space provided.

	1. I don't like studying on night.	.
	2. I will see you in the weekend.	.
	3. I live on 224 NE 35th street.	.
	4. We got there on the same time.	.
	5. I saw him in January, 2nd.	.
	6. She will come at Friday.	.
	7. I live in Khalid Bin Alwaleed Street.	.
	8. She came at Friday morning.	.
	9. They leave in Sunday evening.	.
	10. I was born on 1985.	.
	11. I learned to drive on two weeks.	.
	12. There is no space on my house.	.
	13. I live at the corner of 1st and 2nd Street.	.
	14. It gets very cold at the winter.	.
	15. The cat is on the corner.	.
	16. I am not home at the mornings.	.
	17. The bird is flying at the sky.	.
	18. Ahmad lives at Saudi Arabia.	.
	19. Jim lives at the top floor.	.
	20. Write your name on the top of the page.	.