Příjemce podpory – škola:
Hotelová škola, Obchodní akademie a Střední
průmyslová škola Teplice, Benešovo náměstí 1, p.o.
Číslo projektu:
CZ.1.07/1.5.00/34.0528
Název projektu:
ICT ve výuce
Číslo a název šablony klíčové aktivity:
III/2 - Inovace a zkvalitnění výuky prostřednictvím
ICT
Název ověřovaného materiálu:
Digitální učební materiál pro výuku anglického
jazyka
VY_32_INOVACE_JAA_211
Ročník:
3.
Vzdělávací obor:
65 – 42 – M/01 Hotelnictví
Předmět:
Anglický jazyk
Tematická oblast:
Gramatika
Téma:
Expressions of Time
Jméno autora:
Ing. Zdeněk Brabec
Vytvořeno dne:
13.10.2012
Metodický popis,
(anotace)
Výukový materiál slouží k seznámení, procvičování,
upevnění znalostí specifického gramatického jevu a
komunikativní dovednosti specifické slovní zásoby a
frazeologie, doplněný o přiložený pracovní list, který
žáci vypracovávají v hodině po shlédnutí prezentace.
Expressions
of Time
Prepositions of Time and Some Other Expressions of Time
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Prepositions of time provide us with the information when
something is happening, how much time it takes or it lasts. We
may also find out the information about the past or the future.
There is a variety of them used to indicate the time:
AT – ON – IN - WITHIN- BY – FOR – SINCE - (FROM – TO)
As well as other expressions such as: THIS – NEXT – LAST
Or – YESTERDAY - TODAY - TOMORROW
in e.g. time clauses we also use the following conjunctions as
expressions of time:
WHEN – AS SOON AS – BEFORE – AFTER – TILL – UNTIL – WHILE - FOR
As you see above , not every expression indicating the time must
be a preposition of time. For instance a whole sentence can be
used: - When I was a child. – it also indicates a specific time.
Prepositions of Time
• Let‘s have a look at the most common of them: AT – refers to a
specific / exactly defined time and many other specific uses:
• AT
- 6 o‘clock / 7:25 a.m.
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lunchtime
midnight / noon
sunset / sunrise / dawn / dusk
Christmas / Easter
night
the moment / the same time / at present
the weekend / weekends (the UK)
• the end of
Prepositions of Time
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- the morning / afternoon / evening
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Fortnight
April / June / December
Spring / summer / autumn (fall) / winter
1998 / the 1960s / the 18the century
the 2nd millennia
(generally – a period longer than a week)
IN - also means after a specific period of
time: - in 5 minutes – in two days – in 70
years
Some other expressions of time
• THIS / NEXT / LAST / EVERY
• The above stated expression refer to a
specific time and in most cases we
DO NOT USE ANY OTHER PREPOSITION OF TIME
• We say:
• This week / month / year
• Last night / year
• Next day / Monday
• Every year / coffee break
Prepositions of Time
• ON
- Monday(s) / Friday(s) / Sunday(s)
• Christmas Day / on my birthday / on their
wedding anniversary
• 1st July / July 1st
• 19th December 1969
Some other expressions of time
• YESTERDAY / TODAY / TOMORROW
• The above stated expression refer to a specific day.
• DURING / FOR / BEFORE / AFTER
• we use DURING + NOUN (during the concert / dinner)
• FOR + PERIOD OF TIME (for a year, for three hours)
• AFTER / BEFORE + Sentence (after you do it, before they leave
their house)
• AFTER / BEFORE + ING (after leaving their house, before
coming home, after doing the shopping)
• AFTER / BEFORE + NOUN (after breakfast, before the war)
Some other expressions of time
• FROM – TO
• Indicates the beginning and the end of an activity.
• (I work from 9 to 5. – They stayed here from Sunday to
Saturday)
• UNTIL / TILL / SINCE / FOR
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we use UNTIL +the end of period (until last Friday / until I finish my
exams) – WARNING - the following sentence must not be
negative!
TILL is similar to until
SINCE + the starting moment of the period (I‘ve been here since
Monday, She‘s had it since Christmas)
FOR + length of the period (For a few days, for the rest of my life)
Expressions of time in time clauses.
• In time clauses we also use the ffollowing conjunctions as
expressions of time:
• WHEN – AS SOON AS – BEFORE – AFTER – TILL – UNTIL – WHILE –
FOR
• When She arrives …
• As soon as I see you …
• Before you open the letter …
• After the students finish their essays …
• Shop till you drop …
• I‘ll stay here until you eat it up!
• While I am in New York City …
WORKSHEET
Fill in the appropriate preposition of time or expression of time:
…… 6 o‘clock,
... June,
…. Sunday, …... night,
…. half past three, …. spring,
….. 1988,
…… Christmas
….. Friday night,
….. the evening, ….. May,
….. the end of June
….. two weeks
….. five minutes, ….. the moment, …… the 50s
…. This evening,
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….. next year, …... the same time
They met …………….. the war.
She stayed …… five days.
She finished cooking just …….. the dinner time.
Do the washing up ……… the guests return all dirty plates.
…. the moment I am doing my hair, I‘ll be ready …. 10 minutes.
He farted and burped …… the diner, how disgusting!
Many people did not return home …………… war.
She works …………. 9 am ………. 5:30 pm. Do not leave the table …..
you eat it all up!
• She has known him ……….. they were at school. They have been
together ….. two years.
• Shop …… you drop. There is a rain season …………. December …..
February. It has not rained here …………… March.
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• Fill in the appropriate preposition of time or expression of time:
• We must do the house tidy …………. my parents return back from their
holiday.
• They will seize him …………… they spot him.
• …………… you are in Prague, I will look after your cat.
• ……… she arrives home, she will find out that a storm had damaged
the roof.
• I will go to bed …………. I check the door is locked.
• What were you doing ………….. the last weekend?
• Wait here …………. I get back.
• He is going away ………….. three weeks.
• Water the plants, switch off the lights and gas …………. you leave the
house.
• I felt homesick ……………. I moved out of my parents’ house.
• They did not talk …………… they were having dinner.
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Possible solution:
At 6 o‘clock, in June, on Sunday, at night, at half past three, in spring, in
1988, at Christmas
on Friday night,
in the evening, in May, at the end of June, in two
weeks, in five minutes,
at the moment, in the 50s, --- this evening, --- today, --- next year, at the
same time
They met during / after / before the war.
She stayed for five days.
She finished cooking just before / at the dinner time.
Do the washing up after the guests return all dirty plates.
At the moment I am doing my hair, I‘ll be ready in 10 minutes.
He farted and burped during the diner, how disgusting!
Many people did not return home after war.
She works from 9 am to 5:30 pm. Do not leave the table until you eat it all
up!
She has known him since they were at school. They have been together
for two years.
Shop till you drop. There is a rain season from December to February. It
has not rained here since March.
WORKSHEET
• Possible solution:
• We must do the house tidy before my parents return back from
holiday.
• They will seize him as soon as they spot him.
• While / when you are in Prague, I will look after your cat.
• When she arrives home, she will find out that a storm had damaged
the roof.
• I will go to bed after I check the door is locked.
• What were you doing during the last weekend?
• Wait here till I get back.
• He is going away for three weeks.
• Water the plants, switch off the lights and gas before you leave the
house.
• I felt homesick after I moved out of my parents’ house.
• They did not talk while they were having dinner.
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REFERENCES AND SOURCES OF MATERIAL:
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