Unit 6

A VISIT TO A
SCHOOL
LESSON 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2

Grammar:

 Prepositions of time
 Prepositions of place

time

Uni
t

place

HOBBIES

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

PRESENTATION 1
at
at six o'clock
at noon
at break time

A point of time

in
in the morning/ afternoon/
evening
in December
in 2020
A period of time
(longer/shorter than a day)

on
on Monday
on January 18th
on Christmas Day

A day or a part of day

PRACTICE 1

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

PRACTICE 1

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?

PRESENTATION 2
at
at home
at school
at work

in
in the classroom
in the school garden
in the playground

on
on the board
on the wall
on the second floor

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

PRACTICE 2

3 Complete the sentences with at, in or on.
Aim of the task:
 To check students'
understanding of the
prepositions of place.

PRACTICE 2

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

PRACTICE 2

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.

PRODUCTION

5

Complete the passage with at, on or in. Then discuss in groups which
prepositions express time and which ones express place.

in not (1)___ the
Tom's mother is at home, but she is
in
kitchen. She usually waters the vegetables
in the
garden (2)___ the at
morning.
at in his office at
Tom's father is (3)___ work, but he isn't
the moment. It is lunch break and he is (4)___ a travel
agent's, looking at holiday brochures.
Tom is usually at school thisontime, but he has a bad
on He has nothing to do but lying (5)___ the
cold today.

CONSOLIDATION

1 WRAP-UP
Grammar:
 Prepositions of time
 Prepositions of place

time

place

CONSOLIDATION

2 HOMEWORK
 Complete Exercises …. in the workbook.
 Make sentences using the prepositions of
time and place.