Televisione - Grammatica - Trascrizione
Hello everybody! Welcome to the EnglishBlog. In this podcast, you’ll be learning some interesting survival English on prepositions of time.
Before starting, let me first explain that the lesson is divided into two parts:
PART ONE: you’ll be learning when to use the prepositions in, at and on.
PART TWO: you’ll be listening to some useful sentences using these prepositions of time.
So let’s start!
Woman: Do you know how to use the prepositions in, at and on? Listen and learn:
Woman: We use “at”for festivities such as “at Christmas.” We also use it for the time of day, for example, “at 5 o’clock” and “at lunchtime.” “At” is also used for some expressions, such as “at the weekend” and “at the moment.”
Now listen to these examples:
Man: I have a meeting at 11 o’clock.
Man: Will you be here at the weekend?
Man: I love the magical atmosphere at Christmas time.
Woman: We use “in” for longer periods of time such as months, seasons, years, and parts of the day. (N.B. we say in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening BUT, at night.)
Now listen to these examples:
Man: I’ll see you in the morning.
Man: I’m going to London in the summer.
Man: I was born in 1980.
Woman: We use “on” for dates and days of the week.
For example:
Man: My birthday is on the 23rd of March.
Man: The next lesson is on Monday.
Man: What did you eat on Christmas Day?
Woman: Now let’s listen to these words in the dialogue: pay attention to how they are used.
Woman: Bye! I’ll see you on Monday.
Man: Is it 6 o’clock already?
Woman: No. I finish at 4 o’clock on Fridays.
Man: Aren’t you the lucky one. What are you doing at the weekend?
Woman: Well on Saturday morning I’m going to the hairdressers. In the afternoon I’m going shopping, and in the evening, I usually stay in and watch television. What about you?
Man: Well it’s my birthday on Sunday, so we are having a BBQ, would you like to come?
Woman: I’d love to, what time are you having it?
Man: At 1 o’clock in the afternoon.
Woman: OK, well I’ll see you on Sunday then.
Man: Do you have my address?
Woman: Yes, I do.
Man: OK, see you on Sunday then.
Woman: If you wish you can hear this lesson again. In the meantime we hope we have helped you to be more confident with your English. Watch out for the next topic. Thank you for using the EnglishBlog.
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Scusate la mia ignoranza ma sono qui apposta per imparare.
Perché nella frase "Do you have my address?"
è stato usato il "Do".
Non si può dire "Have you my address?" ?
Ciao e grazie per l'eventuale risposta.