Prepositions of Place and Time
Watch this video and make this triangle on a piece of paper
1: Did you visit any countries in 2010?
2: Is your birthday on the second of July? When is it?
3: What are you going to be doing at five o’clock in the afternoon tomorrow?
4: Does school start in August or September in your country/region/city/province/area/continent?
5: Is there a party at your best friend’s (house) on Saturday?
6: What do you like to do in the mornings?
7: What are you going to do at Easter/at Christmas?
8: Where do you usually go on Christmas day/on Easter Monday?
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1: Are there normally lots of people in your favourite restaurant?
2: What number do you live at?
3: Where should you go when you are in Paris?
4: Which huge animals live in forests in Africa and eat fruit?
5: What does the sign on the walls in most buildings say about smoking? Why?
6: What did your friend/boss/colleague say in their last email?
7: Have you heard of the strange statues on Easter Island?
8: Do you like to spend the whole day on the beach?
1: Do you have any photos which were taken in winter?
2: When was the last time you were at a concert?
3: Do you like swimming in the sea?
4: What is on page 50 of the book you are currently reading?
5: What do you have in the middle of your city?
6: How can you survive on an island with no people?
7: Do you know anyone who lives on a mountain?
8: When was the last time you were at a wedding?
1: Why do some people decide to move to other countries?
2: Do you prefer going to the theatre or cinema?
3: When was the last time you stayed at a wonderful hotel?
4: What is at the end of your street? Can I give you some homework at the end of this class?
5: When do you ask people to come to your house for dinner?
6: When was the last time you were walking to your local shop when you realized that you had left your wallet/money at home?
7: How long will you have to drive from your city to arrive in the capital of your country?
8: When was the last time you left something of yours somewhere?
9: Can you see a lot of sheep in the fields around your city?
10: How many hours does it take to fly to Asia from here?
1: Are you meeting anyone at the cinema in an hour?
2: What is there in front of your house?
3: Where were you on the first day of this month?
4: What were you doing on Wednesday evening?
5: What is there in your fridge?
6: Do you think that we will all have computers connected to our brains in the future?
7: What do you feel like doing at the moment?
8: Is there anyone at the door at the moment?
1: What kinds of problems do have when you travel to the other side of the world?
2: What can you do if you find yourself awake in the middle of the night?
3: When was the last time you went to bed in the morning when everyone around you was getting up?
4: When was the last time you had jetlag because you went to a country where the time is very different?
5: What do you normally do at midday?
6: How long does it take to fly to Los Angeles from here?
7: If you left at midday, what time will you arrive in Los Angeles?
8: If you arrive in London at 5 pm London time, what will be the local time in your city?
9: What do you normally do at midnight?
10: What kinds of things can you see and do in Los Angeles?
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In vs. on = transport Sitting only = In a car/in a van/in a truck/in a helicopter vs. sitting and standing & a saddle = On a bus/on a plane/on a train/on a tram/on a ship/on a bike/on a horse. |
in = inside a container or a bowl shape
on = touching a surface
at = door/table/desk/counter/window/bus stop etc (places where In and ON don’t make any sense