TOEFL Teacher Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Hi, I would like to start to talk about prepositions. Even advanced students of English can struggle with prepositions, so don't beat yourself up (idiom meaning - don't be too unhappy with yourself!) if you are still having difficulty at the intermediate level. Prepositions - "On" for time. The preposition "on" is used in phrases that indicate time. When using the preposition "on" in this was, we can safely say that it is always followed by noun. I want to take a look at a couple of example sentences. I will speak to her on Tuesday. He isn't going to be there on the 19th of December. We went there on the 12th of March. Valentines day is on the 14st of February. ____________________________________ It is worth pointing out that, these are incorrect. "I'll see you on 9 o'clock tomorrow morning." Why is it incorrect? The sentence indicates a general clock time. Another incorrect example "Valentines day is on February" -------------------------- I want to look now at the common phrase "on time". This means that what is happening is "at the planned time." Lets have a look at this example. The party was planned to start at 9 PM. It started at 11:30 PM!! The party didn't start on time. The job interview was meant to start at 2 PM. It actually began at 230PM. The job interview did not begin on time. I really hope this has made things a little easier for you to understand. Practice is the key and I recommend doing lots of drills on these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 This post has spurred me to ask, what other topics would those in the forum like discussed? I thought I might work through the tenses, because there is so much misunderstanding surrounding these. Not just regurgitating what is available on every website, but getting down to the nitty gritty. What do forum members think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOEFL Teacher Posted June 12, 2014 Author Share Posted June 12, 2014 Hi, Yes that's a good comment, I will work on posting some in depth articles on tenses soon. Cheers, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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