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WHERE WERE YOU ON MONDAY?
Student’s Notes
Exercise 1: Fill in the spaces with the correct word:
I was at home on Monday. I was at home … Christmas.
I was at home … January. I was at home … Christmas Day.
I was at home … 5 o’clock. I was at home … spring.
I was at home … 1996.
Exercise 2: Write sentences.
e.g. He / France / August He was in France in August.
1. Mr. Smith / the USA / December ………………………………...
2. They / home / Sunday ………………………………...
3. I / work / one o’clock ………………………………...
4. She / London / New Year’s Eve ………………………………...
5. It / cold / January ………………………………...
6. We / a conference / Wednesday ………………………………...
7. We / a meeting / Monday ………………………………...
Exercise 3: Write questions.
e.g. He / Tuesday Where was he on Tuesday?
1. They / Friday ………………………………...
2. Mr. Smith / December ………………………………...
3. Your boss / 7 o’clock ………………………………...
4. You / New Year’s Eve ………………………………...
Exercise 4: Ask your partner some ‘Where were you’ questions. Makes notes in the box.
Teacher’s Notes
Target Structure: Prepositions of location and time
Vocabulary: Business
Level: Elementary
Time: 30 minutes
Preparation: None
Suggested Teaching Method
• This worksheet deals with the standard difficulties posed by prepositions of location and time.
• Students should work on these exercises individually and then check in pairs.
• For the last exercise, students should team up with someone different. Tell students to make notes in the box – they don’t need to write the prepositions. Monitor for mistakes, and finish by asking some students to make a short presentation on their colleagues’ whereabouts.
PREPOSITION ERROR SMASHER
Student’s Notes
1. How much do you already know? Fill in the spaces.
…. the morning go …. the USA I went …. 6:00.
…. the afternoon go …. abroad I went …. last night.
…. the evening go …. home I went …. a walk.
…. night get …. work get …. home
2. Read the table below. Find one person for each space. Talk to everyone in the class.
FIND SOMEONE WHO:
- Takes a shower in the morning
- Sometimes surfs the Internet at night
- Went to a restaurant last week
- Went shopping last weekend
- Was born in June
- Went abroad last year
- Went on a business trip last month
- Usually gets to work before 9 a.m.
- Usually gets home after 9 .pm.
Teacher’s Notes
Target Structure: Prepositions of time and movement
Vocabulary: Business / General
Level: Elementary
Time: 30 minutes
Preparation: None
Suggested Teaching Method.
This handout reviews some of the most common basic preposition errors. It has controlled practice at the beginning, followed by a group communication exercise.
1. Give one handout to each student. Tell them to cover the second exercise, so they can’t cheat! Direct students to fill in the first exercise to the best of their knowledge.
Students should then check in pairs. Finally, go through the answers with the entire class.
Students should read the table. Check for unknown vocabulary.
Elicit / model the first question.
2. Students should speak to as many people as possible. When a student answers in the affirmative, the other student should write the name in the table.
The teacher should monitor the conversations, making a note of any relevant preposition errors. After the exercise has finished, write some of the errors on the board, and elicit correction. It’s not necessary to point out who made the mistakes – you don’t want to add pressure to students who find this kind of exercise difficult.
Answer Key
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