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Teacher Alessandro - 2º série do Ensino Médio Tarde
Prepositions: IN, ON, AT
Preposição é a palavra que liga dois termos e que estabelece entre eles algumas relações.
Nessas relações, um termo explica ou completa o sentido do outro.
IN - em , dentro ( de )
A preposição IN é usada antes de:
Regiões ( bairros, cidades, estados, países, continentes)
Ex. my friend lives IN Rio.
IN São Paulo
IN Argentina
IN North america
IN Europe
Indicações de Tempo ( época, meses, anos, estações de ano, séculos, alguns períodos do
dia )
Ex. Paul was born IN August
IN the summer
IN 1966
IN the morning
IN the afternoon
IN the evening
IN the middle Ages
IN the 21th century
Expressões de lugar, indicando dentro: We are IN the classroom.
My book is IN the box.
Expressões indicando certos tipos de residência: Peter and mary lived IN a humble house
I work IN an apartment
ON - sobre , em cima, acima (de)
Além de indicar contato, ON é usada:
Antes de nomes de ruas, praças e avenidas.
Ex. We have a shop ON João Felipe street.
My school is ON Duque de Caxias Avenue.
Helen lived ON Sé square.
Antes de dias da semana, datas e feriados seguidos da palavra DAY:
Ex. Beth and Peter married ON a Saturday.
ON August 26.
ON Mothers' day.
Antes de palavras como: fazenda, praia, costa, rio, lago
Ex. The boys are spending their vacation ON the farm
ON the beach
ON the west coast
Na formação de expressões como:ON the bus
ON the plane
ON the ship
ON the radio
ON the phone
ON TV
ON board
ON vacation
ON foot
ON page 2
AT - para, a , em , junto a / de
AT é usada em expressões de tempo, hora definida.
Ex. My father came here AT seven o'clock
Endereço seguido pelo número.
Ex. My friends study AT Senador Pompeu, 476
Em datas comemorativas, sem a palavra DAY.
Ex. Bob will travel AT Christmas.
Antes das expressões: noon, night, midnight, dawn.
Ex. Lunch will be served AT noon.
Em expressões de lugares, sem necessariamente indicar dentro.
Ex.Bob is AT the door.
The girl was AT the bus stop.
Em expressões como :AT school
AT home
AT the airport
AT the cinema
AT the restaurant
AT the library
AT the bookstore
AT the shopping center
IN
Anos
Estações do ano
Meses (sem mencionar o dia)
Períodos do dia
Informar tempo gasto
In a few minutes
In a week
In six months
In time
(em tempo suficiente)
Atenção: in the night
(no meio da noite)
In the mirror
In the sky
In the middle
In a book, In a magazine
In white
In bed
In prison
In the sun
In the dark
=> Posição - Dentro
In the car
In the Kitchen
In the vase
In the garden
In the yard
In the pocket
In the room
In the forest
ON
Dias da semana
Mês + dia
Datas especiais quando se
menciona a palavra DAY.
On Christmas day
Períodos do dia adjetivados
On a cold morning
AT
Horário
Refeições
Festividades
(Sem mencionar DAY)
At Christmas
Expressões:
At the moment
At present
At the same time
On time
(na hora certa)
On holiday
On vacation
On the phone
On the radio
On her bike
On business
On page 33
On a diet
=> Lugar
On the Island
On the farm
On the beach
On the train
On the plane
At night
(quando é noite)
At the top
At the end
At the meeting
At the party
At a football mach
o
At 100 Celcius
=> lugar definido
At the airport
At the bus stop
At the theater
At the restaurant
At school
At work
At the window
At home
Exercises:
01. John lives _____ a farm; we live ______ São Paulo and my parents live ______ as
small village near Campinas.
a) at – at – at
b) on – at – on
c) in – at – at
d) in – in – in
e) on – in – at
02. Complete Corretamente usando IN, ON ou AT, quando necessário:
a) I am going to meet you _______ Saturday, ____ a quarter past three.
b) Dave went to Paris ______ June, 1999.
c) ___ the morning I usually have classes, ___ the afternoons I always visit my friend
and ____ night I sometimes watch TV.
d) She'll be here ____ a few minutes.
e) The party will be ___ eight, ___ the evening ____ September 26 th.
f) ____ Easter I used to have dinner with my parents, but ___ Christmas day I have
dinner with my parents-in-law.
g) ________ This year we have classes with Mr. Burlington.
h) I would like to go out with you _____ the end of the class.
i) Can you be ___ time for lunch, please?
j) Sorry, I can't talk to you ___ the moment, but I can see you ___ lunchtime.
k) I will travel to India ___ my vacations next year.
l) Shakespeare was born _____ 1564 ___ Stratford-upon-avon ___ England.
m) I live _____ 33 Washington Street.
n) Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered Brazil _____ 22 April, 1500.
03. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions:
1. _______ winter
2. _______ November
3. _______ night
4. _______ November 12th.
5. _______ four o'clock.
6. _______ Tuesday.
7. _______ a hot afternoon
8. _______ the afternoon
9. _______ the next century
10. _______ summer
11. _______ the morning
12. _______ a wonderful morning
13. _______ 1925
15. _____ march
16. _____ march 02nd
17._____ noon
18._____ august
19._____ august 20th
20._____ the last century
04. Fill in the blanks: in, at ou on.
1. We were_______the farm last weekend. It was great fun.
2. They're living_______Brazil but they are from the USA.
3. I'm______my bedroom now. Where are you now?
4. He was________home when the accident happened.
5. She was_________the bus when I saw her.
6. There are many people________a big city.
7. Don't talk about it_______work. Don't worry.
8. The animals slept_______the floor.
05. Choose the best option.
1. She was..........work when I spoke with her.
a) In
b) on
c) at
d) off
e)for
2. He didn't have his shoes................when it happened.
a) In
b) on
c) at
d) off
e) for
3. I'm sorry, he's not.........right now.Could you come back later?
a) In
b) on
c) at
d) off
e) for
4. Do you really think they're.........drugs because they're missing work?
a) In
b) on
c) at
d)off
e)for
5. They still depend..........their mother.
a) In
b) on
c) at
d) off
e)for