UNIT 6: A VISIT TO A SCHOOL
Lesson 3: A closer look 2

Trịnh Thị Mai Dung
Quang Trung secondary school

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LESSON 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2

WARM-UP

Game: Simon says

Aims of the stage:
⮚ To activate students' prior knowledge
related to the targeted grammar:
prepositions of place
⮚ To increase students' interest

WARM-UP
Put the pen in the pencil case.
Sit on the chair.
Put your ruler on the table.

PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
in

at

on

at six o'clock

in the morning / afternoon /

on Monday

at noon

evening

on January 18th

at break time

in December

on Christmas Day

in 2020

A point of time

A period of time
(longer / shorter than a day)

A day or a part of day

PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

1

Complete the sentences, using suitable prepositions of time.

at
at
1. In England, schools usually starts ___ 9 a.m. and finish ___ 4 p.m.
in
2. They built our school a long time ago, maybe ___ 1990.
in
3. We are going to visit Thang Long Lower Secondary School ___ January.
on
4. The school year usually begins ___ September 5th every year.
at
5. The children like playing badminton and football ___ their break time.

PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

2

Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about your school.

1. When does your school year start?
2. When do you have English lessons?
3. When do you usually celebrate Teachers' Day?
4. When are you going to finish the school year?

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE
at

in

on

at home

in the classroom

on the board

at school

in the school garden

on the wall

at work

in the playground

on the second floor

A certain point
Inside sth / a place
On the surface of sth

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

3

Complete the sentences with at, in or on.

on
1. Her classroom is ___ the third floor of that building.
at
2. When I'm at school, my parents are ___ work.
in
3. Look! The students are playing football ___ the classroom.
at
4. My little sister usually has lunch ___ school.
on
in
5. The most beautiful posters are ___ the wall ___ the staffroom.

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

4

Work in pairs. Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
1. Where does Mrs Hien teach maths?
At school.
2. Where do the students water the flowers?
In the school garden.
3. Where is the boy writing?
On the board.
4. Where do they sing English songs on Teachers' Day?
On the stage.

FURTHER PRACTICE
Complete the passage with at, on or in. Then discuss in groups which prepositions
express time and which ones express place.
in
Tom's mother is at home, but she is not (1) ___ the kitchen. She usually waters the
in
vegetables in the garden (2) ___ the morning.
at
Tom's father is (3) ___ work, but he isn't in his office at the moment. It is lunch break and
at
he is (4) ___ a travel agent's, looking at holiday brochures.

5

Tom is usually at school this time, but he has a bad cold today. He has nothing to do but
on
on
lying (5) ___ the sofa and looking at the posters (6) ___ the wall.

CONSOLIDATION

1

WRAP-UP

Grammar:
⮚ Prepositions of time
⮚ Prepositions of place
time

place

CONSOLIDATION

2

HOMEWORK

⮚ Do exercises in the Workbook.
⮚ Make sentences using the prepositions of time and place.

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