: 18. I moved here the fall.
, 19. 1 work the morning. the afternoon, I have an English class.- Wednesday, I work all day. Thursday, I have an English class.
- Thursday afternoon, I have an English class.
- My plane was supposed to leave 7:07 P.M., but it didn't take off until 8:30.
EXERCISE 11. Prepositions of time. (Chart 6-5)
Directions: Supply the appropriate preposition and create a sentence.
Example: the moment
-+ at the moment
W'w doing an exercise on prepositions at the moment.- the future 7. January 1, 1999
- present 8. the twenty-first century
- the winter 9. the evening
- January 10. night
- January 1 11. Saturday morning(s)
- 1999 12. six o'clock the morning
-6 WORD ORDER: PLACE AND TIME
s v PLACE TIMB In a typical English sentence, "place" comes before "time,"
(a) Ann moved w Paris in 1998. as in (a).
We went to a m&e yestmiay. INCORRECT: Ann mad in 1998 to Paris.
s v o P T S-VOPT = Subject-Verb-Object-Place-Time
(b) We bought a house in Miami in 1995. S-V-0-PT = a basic English sentence structure.
SVPLACH Expressions of time can also come at the beginning of a
(c) In 1998, Ann moved to Paris. sentence, as in (c) and (d). A time phrase at the beginning
I (d) - Yesrerdny we went to a movie. of a sentence is often followed by a comma, as in (c).
EXERCISE 12. Word order: place and time. (Chart 6-6)
Diwctions: Create sentences from the given words. Add prepositions as necessary.
Example: Bangkok 1 we 1 February 1 went+ We wenr ro Bangkok in February. OR In February, we went to Bangkok.
- his uncle's bakery /Alex / Saturday mornings / works
- the evening I often take / the park / a walk / I
- arrived / the morning / the airport / my plane / six-thirv
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