Prepositions of time

at	5 o’clock, half past two, a quarter past six, ten minutes to seven, about eight o’clock
at	sunrise, sunset, dawn, daybreak
in	the morning, the afternoon, the evening, the daytime, January, February, March, etc. Winter, spring, summer, autumn, the year 1987, in 1993.
in	June, October, December, 1978, 2002
in -через	in an hour, in two weeks, in a month
on	Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, etc. on the seventh of November on what day do you have English classes?
By - до	By 6 o’clock, by Monday
But:	This year, next week, last month How many times a week do you visit your parents?

Exercise 1. Read the poem

Solomon Thundy	Got worse on Friday
Was born on Monday	Died on Saturday
Christened on Tuesday	Was buried on Sunday
Fell ill on Thursday	That was the end of Solomon Thundy

Exercise 2. Fill in the prepositions:

1. Don’t come late. Come … nine o’clock. 2. What time is it? It is half … six. 3. We are going to leave … a quarter … ten. 4. It is twelve o’clock now. Come here in ten minutes, ten minutes … twelve. 5. Is it a quarter … three? 6. We must work … eight … five o’clock. 7. The train arrives … ten.

VIII. Reading an Comprehension

Read and translate the text:

Time

There are twenty four hours in a day. Each day begins with sunrise and ends with sunset. The time of the sunrise is morning and the time of the sunset is evening. Morning is the time between sunrise and the noon. Noon is twelve o’clock in the daytime. Sometimes we call it midday. Afternoon is the time between twelve and five or six o’clock in the evening. Then comes evening and night. Twelve o’clock at night is midnight. People have a clock or a watch to tell the time. There are 60 minutes in an hour and there are 60 seconds in a minute. Half an hour equals 30 minutes. A quarter of an hour equals 15 minutes.

What is the time? – Котра година?

It is nine o’clock – Дев’ять годин

It is half past nine. – Пів на десяту

It is a quarter past nine. - Четверть на десяту

It is five past nine. – П’ять хвилин на десяту

It is ten (minutes) to nine. – Без десяти хвилин дев’ять

It is a quarter to nine. – Без четверті дев’ять

My watch is fast. – Мій годинник спішить

My watch is (five minutes) slow. – Мій годинник запізнюється на п’ять хвилин

My watch is correct. – Мій годинник йде правильно

It is ten sharp. – Рівно десять.

IX. Practice

Exercise 1. Tell what time is it now:

It’s five o’clock. It’s ten past five.

Model:

6.47; 12.01; 11.30; 20.05; 18.16; 5.35; 21.10; 7.15.

Exercise 2. Read the following dialogue:

- What time is it now?

- It’s half past 10 by my watch.

- And by mine it’s only a quarter past ten.

- Your watch is 15 minutes slow, I am afraid.

- Then it’s time to leave. It’s late.

X. Language

Sentence Patterns

Key examples to be memorized.

	It is hot. Is it hot? It is not hot. It’s difficult to get there.

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