Quiz playing is a wonderful way to increase your knowledge of English as a Second Language. Remember that all of our ESL quizzes have titles that are both friendly and technical at the same time… In the case of this quiz you might like to tell your friends about “At The Moment” but no doubt your teachers will talk about the “Prepositions & in Time Phrases quiz”! If you hear a technical term and you want to find a quiz about the subject then just look through the list of quiz titles until you find what you need.
How is your English at the moment? How confident are you at telling the time, for instance? And if you can say 'three forty-five' (etc.) accurately, do you know what we would say just in front of it in various circumstances? Here is your chance to make sure!
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We always say 'in' a year (or decade, or century, in English: 'in 1969'; 'in the early nineteen-twenties'.
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We always say 'at [a time]' and 'on [a day]'.
If your language handles these details differently, please note how we do things, for when you are speaking English. |
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Only this Answer makes good clear sense. If the rides were only 'at' the stated times (Answers 1 & 2), that would only mean two rides altogether, so many people might be disappointed; 'between' suggests they will go fairly regularly and often within those limits ~ possibly every half-hour or so, which might offer ten or twelve trips during the middle of the day.
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We do not use any preposition before 'next ~day'. Some speakers even turn the phrase round and say 'Wednesday next'.
Meanwhile it is quite usual to talk about 'ten in the morning' or 'three-thirty in the afternoon' or 'eight in the evening' without using 'hours' (which English NEVER does in clock-time phrases, though of course we can talk about a film 'lasting a couple of hours), nor bothering to say 'o'clock'. After all, what else is 'five in the morning' likely to mean: five fingers? Surely not! |
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Things happen 'on' your birthday, and you might receive a gift 'for' your birthday ('for the sake of it', i.e. to mark the occasion).
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If you read this aloud, you should catch a definite simple rhythm in the poem. Apart from the fact that it makes rather strange sense, it reads like quite normal English!
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We can just say 'what time it stops' without any preposition in front.
None of the other Answers make sense, since they all suggest catching the tram either at the time when the last one goes, or even afterwards (which, of course, would be impossible). |
We can just say 'it is lunchtime' or 'it was teatime' (etc.) without any special preposition.
Don't forget the capital S on 'Sunday' (just like any other day; there's nothing special about Sunday, or at least, not in that respect.) |
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This is the simplest correct way ~ once you have done the maths!
But unless the train is running in the small hours of the night, they would be even more likely to call it 'fourteen thirty-five'. |
' ... on [a date], in [a part of the day].'
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