This document provides examples of prepositions used to indicate time and directions to complete sentences using these prepositions. The prepositions discussed include at, in, on, from...to. Pictures are also included to provide additional context to complete example sentences using information about times and dates of events.

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(a) We have class at two o’clock.
(b) I have an appointment with the
doctor at 4:30.
(c) We sleep at night.
at + a specific time on the clock.
at + night
in
(d) My birthday is in July.
(e) I was born in 1978.
(f) We have class in the morning.
(g) Jason has class in the afternoon.
(h) I study in the evening.
in + a specific month
in + a specific year
in + the morning
in + the afternoon
in + the evening
on
(i) I have class on Monday.
(j) I was born on May 3, 1982.
on + a specific day of the week
on + a specific date
from…to
(k) We have class from 3:00 to 4:00. From (a specific time) to (a
specific time)
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) We have class ______ eleven o’clock.
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) We have class ______ nine ______ eleven.
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) Tom has class ______ the morning, and he works ______ the afternoon.
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) I study ______ the evening.
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) I sleep ______ night.
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) Mary was born ______ October.
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) Mary was born ______ 1967.
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) Mary was born ______ October 28.
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) Mary was born ______ October 28, 1967.
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) The bank isn’t open ______ Sundays.
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) The bank is open ______ 8:00 a.m. ______ 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
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) The bank closes ______ 5:00 p.m.
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: Now make your own sentences using prepositions of time.
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April 10, 1954
11:00 a.m.
July 2, 1978 May 6, 1992
6:00 a.m. 10:00 p.m.
March 3, 2002
12:00 p.m.
June 16, 1949
5:00 a.m.
August 1, 1991
7:00a.m.
May 7, 1980
6:00 a.m.
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) I was born ______ June 16. I was born ______ 1949. I am a ___________________. I go to work
______ 5:00 a.m.
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) I go to work ______ the afternoon. I go to work ______ 12:00 p.m. I am a ___________________. I
was born ______ March.
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) Hi, I am an ___________________. I go to work ______ the morning. I start work ______ 11:00
a.m. I was born ______ April 10.
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4)
) Howdy! I was born ______ July 2, 1978. I am a ___________________. I milk the cows ______ the
morning. I milk the cows ______ 6:00 a.m.
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) Hey, I am a ___________________. I was born ______ August 1. I was born ______ 1991. I go to
practice ______ 7:00 a.m.
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) I was born ______ 1992. I go to work ______ night. I go to work ______ 10:00 p.m. I work at night
because I like to take pictures of the stars. I am a ___________________.
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) Good day citizen. I am a ___________________. I was born ______ May. I was born ______ 1980. I
go to work ______ 6:00 a.m. Move along, citizen.