Friday, Sept 20th

A. Prepositions – Time

English	Usage	Example
on	days of the week	on Monday
in	months / seasons time of day year after a certain period of time (when?)	in August / in winter in the morning in 2006 in an hour
at	for night for weekend a certain point of time (when?)	at night at the weekend at half past nine
since	from a certain point of time (past till now)	since 1980
for	over a certain period of time (past till now)	for 2 years
ago	a certain time in the past	2 years ago
before	earlier than a certain point of time	before 2004
to	telling the time	ten to six (5:50)
past	telling the time	ten past six (6:10)
to / till / until	marking the beginning and end of a period of time	from Monday to/till Friday
till / until	in the sense of how long something is going to last	He is on holiday until Friday.
by	in the sense of at the latest up to a certain time	I will be back by 6 o’clock. By 11 o'clock, I had read five pages.

B. Time Prepositions: At, In, On

Put in the correct preposition (choose in / on / at or no preposition)

1) There was a loud noise which woke us up midnight.. 2) Do you usually eat chocolate eggs Easter?. 3) What are you doing the weekend?. 4) last week I worked until 9pm every night... 5) My father always reads the paper breakfast time.. 6) She plays tennis Fridays.. 7) The trees here are really beautiful the spring.. 8) I'll see you Tuesday afternoon then.. 9) Shakespeare died 1616.. 10) She studies every day.. 11) John is going to buy the presents today.. 12) In my hometown, the shops open early the morning.. 13) She met her husband 1998.. 14) The party is next Saturday.. 15) We are meeting Friday morning.. 16) I often get sleepy the afternoon.. 17) His daughter was born the 24th of August.. 18) Mobile phones became popular the nineties.. 19) Luckily the weather was perfect her wedding day. C. Time Prepositions: For, During and While HOW TO USE DURING during is a preposition which is used before a noun (during + noun) to say when something happens. It does not tell us how long it happened. For example: "Nobody spoke during the presentation." "We get plenty of snow here during the winter." It answers the question: WHEN?  HOW TO USE WHILE When is used to talk about two things that are happening at the same time. The length of time is not important. Remember that while is used with a subject and a verb (while + subject + verb). For example: "The phone rang while I was watching TV." "I met him while we were studying in the library." HOW TO USE FOR For is a preposition which is used with a period to say how long something goes on: "Simon has been sleeping for 8 hours." "We waited for 30 minutes outside your house." 1. I worked duringwhilefor the holidays.  2. We'll walk whileduringfor an hour. then we'll have a rest.  3. She is gardening whileduringfor her husband is painting the chairs.  4. Bob called me whileduringfor the meeting  5. We met forduringwhile the barbecue party.  6. I've been waiting for them whileduringfor two hours.  7. Samantha visited the Eiffel Tower whileforduring her stay in Paris  8. whileduringfor I think of it, don't forget to call Mr Blair.  9. Don't speak duringforwhile I am doing this exercise !  10. Two years ago she stayed in Paris duringforwhile three months.

D. Prepositions Quiz

1. In the UK, children usually start school ___ the age of 4 or 5.
in  at  to  on
2. I always stay at home ___ the evening and watch TV.
at  on  to  in
3. Why don't you come to my house ___ Christmas.
on  at  in  to
4. I'm just popping out to the bank, I'll be back ____ a few minutes.
at  in  on  for
5. We're going on holiday ____ 2 glorious weeks!
for  on  at  during
6. He sleeps during the day and parties ____ night.
on in  at  to

E. What is Dropbox and Why would You use it?

What the following short video in the following sequence:

1. Watch the entire video without taking any notes.  Just concentrate on understanding what the speaker says about Dropbox.
2. Watch the video a second time and pay close attention to the words that you may not know.  Write them down and we'll discuss them.  Take notes of the functionality of Dropbox, its advantages and uses.
3. Prepare a 3 minute speech explaining the following:
• What is Dropbox?
• What are the advantages of using this product? Basically, why would you use Dropbox? Please ensure to add some personal examples of how you think this would be helpful to someone like you
• Your opinion of this product and final recommendation.