Unit

103 at 8 o'clock on Monday in April

at

8 o'clock O I start work at 8 o'clock.

at 10.30 O TTie shops close at 5.30.
midnight etc.

on

Sunday(s) / Monday(s) etc. O Bye! I'll see you on Friday.

on 25 April / 6 June etc O W hat do you usually do on
New Year's Day etc Sundays?
O The concert is on 22 November.

in

April/June etc I'm going on holiday in October.

in 2013/1988 e tc Emma was born in 1995.
summer/spring etc. The park is beautiful in spring.

We say:

at the weekend Are you going away at the weekend?

at night I can't sleep at night.
at Christm as Where will you be at Christmas? (but on Christmas Day)
at the end of ... I'm going on holiday at the end of October.
at the moment Are you busy at the moment?

in the morning / in the afternoon / in the evening

O I always feel good in the morning.
□ Do you often go out in the evening?
but
on Monday morning / on Tuesday afternoon / on Friday evening / on Saturday night etc
O I'm meeting Jackie on Monday morning.
O Are you doing anything on Saturday night?

We do not use at/on/in before:

this ... (this morning / this week e tc) O Are you going out this evening?
last ... (last August / last week e tc) O We go on holiday every summer. Last summ er we
n e x t... (next Monday / next week etc.) went to Canada.
every ... (every day / every week etc.) O I'm leaving next Monday.
(not on next Monday)

in five minutes / in a few days / in six weeks / in two years etc.

O Hurry! The train leaves in five minutes.

(= it leaves five minutes from now)
j Bye! I'll see you in a few days.
(= a few days from now)

now in five minutes

216 ( in/on/at (places) -» Units 106-107

Exercises
m m Write at/on/in.
.on.. .6 June .24 September 13 Friday morning
in . the evening Thursday 14 Saturday night
. half past two 9 ...... .11.45 15 night
. Wednesday 10 ..... . Christmas Day 16 the end of the day
.2007 11 ...... Christmas 17 .................the weekend
6 September 12 the morning 18 winter

H Q P Write at/on/in.
1 Bye! See y o u on Friday. 11 I often go aw ay the weekend.
2 Where were y o u 28 February? 12 I'm starting my new jo b .................3 July.
3 I got u p 8 o'clock this morning. 13 We often go to the b each summer.
4 I like getting up early the morning. 14 George isn't here................ the moment.
5 M y sister got m arried May. 15 Jane's birthday is ................. December.
6 Jessica and I first m e t................... 2006. 16 Do you w o rk Saturdays?
7 Did you go o u t ...............Tuesday? 17 The company started 1999.
8 Did you go o u t ...............Tuesday evening? 18 I like to look at the stars................ night.
9 Do you often go o u t the evening? 19 I'll send you the m o ney................. the end of
10 Let's m e et 7.30 tom orrow evening. the month.

Look at Lisa's diary for next week and complete the sentences.

Lisa is going to the cinem a on.W adnasday eyenjng..

She has to phone C h ris..................................................................
She isn't doing anything special.................................................
She's got a driving lesson...............................................................
She's going to a p arty.......................................................................
She's meeting S a m .............................................................................

Write sentences with in . . . .

1 It's 8.25 now. The train leaves at 8.30. The train laavas in fiva minutes.
2 It's Monday today. I'll call you on Thursday. . days.
3 Today is 14 June. M y exam is on 28 June. M y ...
4 It's 3 o'clock now. Tom will be here at 3.30. Tom .

Write at/on/in if necessary. Sometimes the sentence is already complete, and no word is
necessary.
1 I'm going on ...... Friday. 7 W hat are you doing.............. the weekend?
2 I'm going z........next Friday, (already complete) 8 I phone Rob ert every Sunday.
3 I always feel tire d the evening. 9 Shall we play tennis next Sunday?
.

4 Will you be at h o m e this evening? 10 I can't go to the p arty Sunday.

5 We went to France last summer. 11 I'm going out. I'll be b ack an hour.
6 Laura was b o rn ................. 1997. 12 I don't often go o u t ................night.
 Key to Exercises

102.4 9 - (already complete) 105.2

2 What's the name of the 10 on 3 while
restaurant where you had 11 in 4 for
dinner? 12 at 5 while
3 How big is the village where * American speakers say 'on the 6 during
you live? weekend' 7 while
4 Where exactly is the factory 8 for
UNIT 104 9 during
where you work?
104.1 10 while
UNIT 103
2 Alex lived in Canada until 105.3
103.1 2009. 2 eating
3 at 11 at 3 Alex has lived in England 3 answering
4 on 12 in since 2009. 4 having/taking
5 in 13 on 4 Karen lived in France until 5 finishing/doing
6 in 14 on 2011. 6 going/travelling
7 on 15 at 5 Karen has lived in Switzerland 105.4
8 on 16 at since 2011. 2 John worked in a bookshop
9 at 17 at* 6 Clare worked in a restaurant for two years after leaving
10 on 18 in from 2010 to 2012.
school.
* American speakers say 'on the 7 Clare has worked in a hotel 3 Before going to sleep, I read
weekend' since 2012. for a few minutes.
103.2 8 Adam was a teacher from 4 After walking for three hours,
2 on 11 at* 2002 to 2008. we were very tired.
3 at 12 on 9 Adam has been a journalist 5 Let's have a cup of coffee
4 in 13 in since 2008.
before going out.
5 in 14 at 11 Alex has lived in England for
6 in 15 in ... years. UNIT 106
7 on 16 on 12 Karen has lived in Switzerland
106.1
8 on 17 in f o r ... years.
2 In the box.
9 in 18 at 13 Clare worked in a restaurant
3 On the box.
10 at 19 at for two years.
4 On the wall.
* American speakers say 'on the 14 Clare has worked in a hotel
5 A t the bus stop.
weekend' f o r ... years.
6 In the field.
15 Adam was a teacher for six
103.3 7 On the balcony.
years.
2 on Friday 8 In the pool.
16 Adam has been a journalist
3 on Monday 9 A t the window.
f o r ... years.
4 at 4 o'clock on Thursday 10 On the ceiling.
(afternoon) / on Thursday 104.2 11 On the table.
(afternoon) at 4 o'clock 2 until 9 since 12 A t the table.
5 on Saturday evening 3 for 10 until
106.2
6 at 2.30 on Tuesday 4 since 11 for
2 in
(afternoon) / on Tuesday 5 Until 12 until
3 on
(afternoon) at 2.30 6 for 13 Since
4 in
7 for 14 for
103.4 5 on
8 until
2 I'll call you in three days. 6 at
3 My exam is intwo weeks. UNIT 105 7 in
4 Tom will be herein half an 8 in
hour. / . . . in 30 minutes. 105.1
9 at
2 after lunch 10 at
103.5
3 before the end 11 in
3 in
4 during the course 12 at
4 - (already complete)
5 before they went to Australia 13 on
5 - (already complete)
6 during the night 14 at
6 in
7 while you're waiting 15 on the wall in the living room
7 at*
8 after the concert
8 - (already complete)
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 Key to Exercises

UNIT 107 108.4 UNIT 110

1 to
107.1 110.1
2 - (already complete)
2 A t the airport. 2 Go under the bridge.
3 at
3 In bed 3 Go up the hill.
4 in
4 On a ship. 4 Go down the steps.
5 to
5 In the sky. 5 Go along this street.
6 - (already complete)
6 A t a party. 6 Go into the hotel.
7 A t the doctor's. 108.5 7 Go past the hotel.
8 On the second floor. Example answers: 8 Go out of the hotel.
9 At work. 2 to work 9 Go over the bridge.
10 On a plane. 3 at work 10 Go through the park.
11 In a taxi. 4 to Canada
110.2
12 At a wedding. 5 to parties
2 off
6 at a friend's house
107.2 3 over
2 in 9 in UNIT 109 4 out of
3 in 10 in 5 across
109.1 6 round/around
4 at 11 on
2 next to / beside / by 7 through
5 at 12 on
3 in front of 8 on
6 in 13 at
4 between
7 at 14 in 9 round/around
5 next to / beside / by 10 into the house through a
8 at 15 on
6 in front of window
UNIT 108 7 behind
110.3
8 on the left
108.1 1 out of
9 in the middle
2 to 6 to 2 round/around
3 in 7 to 109.2
3 in
4 to 8 in 2 behind 4 from here to the airport
5 in 3 above 5 round/around
4 in front of 6 on/over
108.2
5 on 7 over
3 to
6 by / next to / beside 8 out of/from
4 to
7 below / under
5 at home ... to work
8 above UNIT 111
6 at
9 under
7 - (already complete) 111.1
10 by / next to / beside
8 to 2 on time
11 opposite
9 at 3 on holiday
12 on
10 at a restaurant... to the hotel 4 on the phone
109.3 5 on TV
108.3
2 The fountain is in front of the
2 to 111.2
theatre.
3 to 2 by
3 The bank/bookshop is
4 in 3 with
opposite the theatre, or
5 to 4 about
Paul's office is opposite the
6 to 5 on
theatre, or The theatre is
7 at 6 by
opposite...
8 to 7 at
4 The bank/bookshop/
9 to 8 on
supermarket is next to ...
10 at 9 with
5 Paul's office is above the
11 at 10 about grammar by Vera P. Bull
bookshop.
12 to Maria's house ... at home 111.3
6 The bookshop is between the
13 - (already complete) 1 with 6 by
bank and the supermarket.
14 meet at the party... go to the 2 without 7 on
party 3 by 8 with
4 about 9 at
5 at 10 by

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