Year 5 English — In, on and at for time
Choose in, on or at to say when something happens.
Name: ________________________
1.Write the missing word: My birthday is ____ March.
2.Which phrase is written correctly?
- a) on Friday
- b) at Friday
- c) of Friday
- d) in Friday
3.Pair each kind of time with an example of it.
- a month
- a day of the week
- a clock time
- a year
- a part of the day
- on Tuesday
- in the afternoon
- in April
- at nine o'clock
- in 2019
4.Put these time phrases in order, from the shortest stretch of time to the longest.
- in September
- in the morning
- in 2020
- at eight o'clock
- on Sunday
5.Sort each time phrase by the word it needs in front of it.
Groups: in · on · at
- Friday evening
- the morning
- six o'clock
- June
- midnight
- Monday
6.Which word goes with a year, such as 1947?
- a) on
- b) for
- c) at
- d) in
7.Write the missing word: The race begins ____ ten o'clock sharp.
8.We have our sports day ____ Wednesday.
- a) of
- b) in
- c) on
- d) at
Answer key — Year 5 English — In, on and at for time
- 1. in
- 2. a) on Friday
- 3. a month → in April; a day of the week → on Tuesday; a clock time → at nine o'clock; a year → in 2019; a part of the day → in the afternoon
- 4. 1. at eight o'clock 2. in the morning 3. on Sunday 4. in September 5. in 2020
- 5. June → in; Monday → on; six o'clock → at; the morning → in; Friday evening → on; midnight → at
- 6. d) in
- 7. at
- 8. c) on