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Prepositions of Time Exercise For Practicing

The document provides examples and explanations of different parts of speech including prepositions of time, coordinating conjunctions, and gerunds. For prepositions of time, it lists common time words or phrases that use "at", "on", "in", or no preposition. For coordinating conjunctions, it defines them and provides examples using "and", "yet", "but", etc. For gerunds, it explains they are verbs ending in "-ing" that can function as subjects, direct objects, subject complements, or objects of prepositions. It gives examples of sentences using gerunds in each of these ways. There is then an activity asking to describe pictures using different parts of speech.

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Prepositions of Time Exercise For Practicing

The document provides examples and explanations of different parts of speech including prepositions of time, coordinating conjunctions, and gerunds. For prepositions of time, it lists common time words or phrases that use "at", "on", "in", or no preposition. For coordinating conjunctions, it defines them and provides examples using "and", "yet", "but", etc. For gerunds, it explains they are verbs ending in "-ing" that can function as subjects, direct objects, subject complements, or objects of prepositions. It gives examples of sentences using gerunds in each of these ways. There is then an activity asking to describe pictures using different parts of speech.

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Evelyn Maryel Pérez Gutiérrez

LEI 2401

Prepositions of time – these prepositions show location in time. Here's a list of the time
words that need 'on', 'in', 'at' and some that don't need any preposition.
at ∙ times: at 8pm, at midnight, at 6:30
∙ holiday periods: at Christmas, at Easter
∙ at night
∙ at the weekend
∙ at lunchtime, at dinnertime, at breakfast time

on ∙ days: on Monday, on my birthday, on Christmas Day ∙ days


+ morning / afternoon / evening / night: on Tuesday
morning
∙ dates: on the 20th of June

in ∙ years: in 1992, in 2006


∙ months: in December, in June
∙ decades: in the sixties, in the 1790s
∙ centuries: in the 19th century
∙ seasons: in winter, in summer
∙ in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening

no ∙ next week, year, month etc


prep
∙ last night, year etc
∙ this morning, month etc
∙ every day, night, years etc
∙ today, tomorrow, yesterday
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LEI 2401

Activity:
Make sentences using the pictures given. You must use a preposition of time in each
sentence.

1. + +5pm 2.

+ + 1492 3.

+ +
A coordinating conjunction is a conjunction that links two words, phrases, clauses, or
sentences that are grammatically equivalent. The six words most commonly used as
coordinating conjunctions can be remembered with the mnemonic device FANBOYS—
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.

Examples:

1. We have a porcupine and a kangaroo. [And links two listed elements that
are grammatically equivalent.]

2. You see yet do not hear. [Yet links two grammatically equivalent
actions (see and do not hear) performed by you.]

3. We bathed the dog, but we couldn’t get him clean. [But links two
independent clauses.]

Activity:
Fill in the blank space with the correct coordinating conjunction. 1. Their

two favorite dishes are ice-cream______ pizza.

I. Or

II. And

III. For

Answer: Their two favorite dishes are ice-cream and pizza.


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2. Would you rather go out with Nelly_____ with Elizabeth?


I. For

II. Nor

III. Or

Answer: Would you rather go out with Nelly or with Elizabeth?

3. Alexia is allergic to cats, ______ she has three of them.

I. Or

II. Yet

III. So

Answer: Alexia is allergic to cats, yet she has three of them.

4. I wanted to go to the downtown, _______ it’s raining.

I. But
II. Or
III. So

Answer: I wanted to go to the downtown, but it’s raining.

5. Mom is baking cookies, _______ she must be careful.

I. So

II. Yet

III. Nor

IV. But

Answer: Mom is baking cookies, so she must be careful.

A gerund is a type of verbal that ends in -ing and is used like a noun. Examples of
gerunds include actions like chewing, writing, whispering, and snoring.

Similar to infinitives, gerunds can also function as the subject of the sentence, the
direct object, or as the subject complement. Gerunds can also act as an object of a
preposition. Let's look at some examples to better understand these four different ways
to use gerunds.
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LEI 2401

1. 'Hiking Mt. Kilimanjaro is quite a challenge.' [The gerund here is 'hiking,'


and it is being used as the subject of the sentence.]
2. 'I thoroughly enjoy kayaking.' [The gerund 'kayaking' is being used as a
direct object because it answers what is enjoyed after the action
verb 'enjoy.']

3. 'My favorite exercise is running.' [In this sentence, 'running' is the


gerund, and it functions as the subject complement because it
describes the subject after the verb 'is.']

Using a gerund as an object of a preposition means we're using a preposition like 'in,'
'before,' or 'after' and then having a verb ending in -ing that follows it. Here's an
example:

'Mariela thanked her teacher for helping her.' [The gerund is 'helping,' the
preposition used is 'for,' and helping is what Mariela thanked her
teacher for, so helping is the object of the preposition.]

Activity:
Work with a partner and describe the pictures given using gerunds as nouns, direct
object, subject complement, etc.

1.

2.
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5.

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