Teacher Notes
Objectives & Sequence: This lesson is intended to be used as a preview of Grammar - Prepositions of Time.
The following vocabulary words are used in this activity:
Part One
Students work with a partner or a group of 3-4 and discuss answers to the following discussion questions:
- What is your favourite thing to do in the summer?
- Where were you last week on Friday morning?
- What time will you be in class until?
- What were you doing at sunrise this morning?
- Do you think you will still be in this city in ten years?
- How was the weather yesterday?
- Have you been studying English for a long time?
- What are you going to do tonight?
- Did you start class today in the morning, afternoon, or evening?
- Is your city nice to visit in August?
- Were you sleeping last night at 12 AM? If not, what were you doing?
- What do you usually do on your birthday?
- Do you work or go to school on Tuesdays?
- Did you go anywhere for vacation last year? If so, where did you go?
- Where will the Summer Olympics be in 2024?
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Part Two
With your partner, try to answer the following questions about Prepositions of Time. Use the discussion questions above to help you with your answers:
- Which preposition do we use before clock times?
- Which preposition do we use before days?
- Which preposition do we use before years?
- Which preposition do we use before seasons?
- Which preposition do we use before dates?
- Which preposition do we use before months?
- Which preposition do we use before morning, afternoon, and evening?
- When do we not need a preposition?