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Holiday words, wishes and times

Week 25 · Unit 11 Vacations (A): vacation words, a trip around the world, a special trip, prepositions of time on / at / in · 3 lessons
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On Monday, at 8 pm, in June

Connect Primary 5 Term 2, Unit 11: pp. 72–79
GoalUse on, at and in with days, times and months.
New words
on · use it with days and datesat · use it with clock times and nightin · use it with months, years and parts of the daydate · day and month, such as 5 Junelunchtime · the time when we eat lunchflight · a journey by plane
Explanation

We use on, at and in with time. Use on with days and dates: on Monday, on Friday morning, on 5 June. Use at with clock times: at 8 o’clock, at 6.30 pm, at lunchtime, at night. Use in with months, years and parts of the day: in June, in winter, in 2027, in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening. Say: The flight leaves at 9 am on Saturday. We go to the beach in July. Read the table.

onatin
Monday8 o’clockJune
5 Junelunchtime2027
Friday morningnightthe evening
Worked examples
Mum

Our flight leaves at 9 in the morning on Saturday.

Omar

What time do we get up?

Mum

At 5 o’clock. We go to the airport in a taxi.

Omar

And when do we come back?

Mum

In July, on the first day of the month.

Listen. A family talks about their trip.
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Look. What time is it?

Yara has a busy week. On Monday she goes swimming. At lunchtime she eats with her friends. In the afternoon she does her homework. On Friday she visits her grandmother at 5 o’clock. In the summer she goes to the sea.

Read and listen to the text.
Now you. Say what you do on Friday, at night and in June.
Class activity

On, at, in cards. Write on three cards: on, at, in. Write twelve time words on small papers: Sunday, 7 o’clock, May, night, 2 April, the morning, noon, winter, Tuesday evening, 12 o’clock, 2030, lunchtime. The child puts each paper under the right card and makes a sentence.

Practice
1
Fill in: I go to school ___ Sunday. (on, at or in)
2
Fill in: The film starts ___ 7 o’clock. (on, at or in)
3
Fill in: We visit our cousins ___ July. (on, at or in)
4
Fill in: I wake up ___ the morning. (on, at or in)
5
Writing: write two sentences about your week. Use on and in.