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Pronouns and Prepositions

The document discusses the use of prepositions of time - at, in, and on. It states that "at" is used for precise times, "in" is used for months, years, centuries, and long periods, and "on" is used for days and dates. It provides examples of each preposition being used with times. It then provides a practice exercise asking the reader to choose between "in," "on," or "at" to fill in blanks with time phrases.

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Pronouns and Prepositions

The document discusses the use of prepositions of time - at, in, and on. It states that "at" is used for precise times, "in" is used for months, years, centuries, and long periods, and "on" is used for days and dates. It provides examples of each preposition being used with times. It then provides a practice exercise asking the reader to choose between "in," "on," or "at" to fill in blanks with time phrases.

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Prepositions of Time - at, in, on

We use:

 at for a PRECISE TIME

 in for MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS

 on for DAYS and DATES

at in on
PRECISE TIME MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG DAYS and DATES
PERIODS

at 3 o'clock in May on Sunday

at 10.30am in summer on Tuesdays

PRACTICE! / Preposition of Time and Place Exercises

Choose the right preposition to fill in the blanks below: in – on – at

1. We can meet ………… the afternoon …… the café near our school.

2. ….. December 18th, Arabs celebrate the International Day of Arabic


language.

3. There are some students and a teacher ……….. the classroom.

4. We will have a test in English tomorrow ………… 8:30 a.m.

5. Students mustn’t write anything ………….. the classroom walls.


Pronouns: possessive (my, mine, your, yours, etc.)
We use pronouns to refer to possession and ‘belonging’. There are two types:
possessive pronouns and possessive determiners. We use possessive
determiners before a noun. We use possessive pronouns in place of a noun:
Is that [determiner]your scarf? It’s very similar to [pronoun]mine. (It’s very similar to
my scarf.)
That’s not [determiner]their house. [pronoun]Theirs has got a red front door.
It was [determiner]his fault not [pronoun]hers.

personal pronoun possessive determiner possessive pronoun

I My mine

you (singular and
Your yours
plural)

he His his

she Her hers

it Its its*

we Our ours

they Their theirs

one one’s one’s*

Typical errors
 We don’t use ’s after possessive pronouns:
Are those gloves hers?
Not: Are those gloves her’s?
 ’s is not used with the possessive pronoun its. It’s means ‘it is’:
The team is proud of its ability to perform consistently well.
Not: … proud of it’s ability …
 We don’t use another determiner with a possessive determiner:
I’m going to get my hair cut this afternoon.
Not: … get the my hair cut …

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