4 Write the correct preposition. Then ask and answer the questions with your partner, Talking ab 5 Complete partner. Do you have English lessons ...? at nine oclock 4 Monday morning 2 Sunday 5 __ the weekend 3 the evening M Do you ... • have a sh get up e • go to wo • eat in res • watch TV • stay at hd Do you have English lessons at nine o'clock? Yes, we do. No, we don't. When do you have English lessons? ? L Go onli We have English lessons ...

Wow! That’s a lot of uses! So I have to learn all those?

Yes, but you probably know most of them, don’t you?

Yes, maybe … Is that all of them? I mean, are there any exceptions?

Well, sometimes we don’t use a preposition of time, for example after next/this/last/every.

We go skateboarding every Saturday afternoon.

I’ll see you next Friday.

Mm, but I could also say: “I’ll see you on Friday.”

Oh yes, that's fine too. But we often leave out on with days of the week when we’re speaking.

I’ll see you Friday.

OK. Now, about dates ... You write “on 8th July” but how do you say that?

Good question! We say “on the eighth of July”.

OK, so I have to remember to say “on THE eighth OF July”.

Exactly.

One last question about in. Can I use it for the future, as in “I’ll do it in a minute”?