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Read the following sentences.

I go to school at 7 a.m.
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I learn music on Sundays.
l

Our teachers teach us from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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I come back home by 3 p.m.
l

I study for an hour in the evening.
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In the above sentences, at, on, from, to, by and for are used with different

periods of time. These are prepositions of time.

Practice Time 2

Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions of time. Choose from the help box.

before on at by to in

1. I visited Goa ______________ July.

2. My father goes to his office ______________ 9 am.

3. I learn dance ______________ Sundays.

4. My mother is going ______________ Mumbai.

5. I come back home from school _______________ afternoon.

6. My grandmother always wakes up ______________ dawn.

Collaboration
Activity Time Prepositions

Work in groups. Each group will make ten sentences using prepositions.
A member of one of the groups will speak the sentence. If the preposition is

correct, the group will earn 10 points for a sentence. Carry out this activity

till all the sentences of each group are read out. The group with the highest
score will win.

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