Fifth set further elaborates ‘Talking about present’; it will give details of using it to talk about time and weather. To ask and make questions with how, how many; the major difference in using ‘need’ or ‘want’ in a sentence. Make clear the usage of preposition (place) in everyday situations. How clearly you can furnish address to others without any ambiguity, with help of preposition of place.

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3. Chapter 5 Talking About present
CONTENTS
5-1 Using it to talk about time
5-2 Prepositions of time
5-3 Using it to talk about the weather
5-4 There + be
5-5 There + be: yes/no questions
5-6 There + be: asking questions with how many
5-7 Prepositions of place
5-8 Some prepositions of place: a list
5-9 Need and want + a noun or an infinitive
5-10 Would like
5-11 Would like vs. like
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4. 5-1 USING IT TO TALK ABOUT TIME
What day is it?
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5. 5-1 USING IT TO TALK ABOUT TIME
QUESTION ANSWER
(a) What day is it? It’s Friday.
(b) What month is it? It’s October.
(c) What year is it? It’s 2015.
(d) What’s the date today? It’s June 9.
It’s the 9th of June.
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6. 5-1 USING IT TO TALK ABOUT TIME
QUESTION ANSWER
(e) What time is it? It’s 5:00.
It’s five.
American English
British English
It’s five o’clock.
5:00
5.00
It’s five (o’clock) P.M.
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7. 5-1 Let’s Practice
What day It’s
is it? Sunday
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8. 5-1 Let’s Practice
What day It’s
is it Tuesday.
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9. 5-1 Let’s Practice
What day It’s November 29th.
is it
November
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10. 5-1 Let’s Practice
What time
1:30
is it
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11. 5-1 Let’s Practice
What’s the
date today? The 3rd of May, 2012.
May 2012
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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12. 5-2 PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
We eat breakfast
in the morning.
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13. 5-2 PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
at (a) We get up at 5:00 A.M.
(b) We exercise at 2:00 P.M.
at + specific time
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14. 5-2 PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
at (c) I get home at night.
at + night
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15. 5-2 PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
in (d) School starts in September.
(e) She went to Florida in 2005.
(f) I take a walk in the morning.
in + the morning
year
month
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16. 5-2 PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
on (i) She goes shopping on Tuesday.
(j) The twins were born on March 3,
2000.
on + specific day
date
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17. 5-2 PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
From ... to
(k) I work from 9:00 to 5:00.
from (a time) to (a time)
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18. 5-2 Let’s Practice
at in on from ... to
The baby was born on Monday.
__
in
The baby was born __ July.
at
The baby was born __ 2:00 A.M.
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19. 5-2 Let’s Practice
at in on from ... to
I work from 8:30 A.M.
____
to
__ 4:30 P.M.
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