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Grade 4 English Language Arts — In, on and at for time

Choose in, on or at to say when something happens.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.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
    • at nine o'clock
    • in April
    • in 2019

  2. 2.Put these time phrases in order, from the shortest stretch of time to the longest.

    • in 2020
    • in September
    • on Sunday
    • in the morning
    • at eight o'clock

  3. 3.Write the missing word: The shop opens ____ Monday morning.

  4. 4.Write the missing word: The race begins ____ ten o'clock sharp.

  5. 5.Which phrase is written correctly?

    • a) at Friday
    • b) in Friday
    • c) of Friday
    • d) on Friday

  6. 6.Sort each sentence by whether the time word is used correctly.

    Groups: Correct · Wrong

    • We swim in the evening.
    • School reopens at July.
    • The bell rings in noon.
    • The bus came on Thursday.
    • The film starts at four o'clock.
    • I was born on 2016.

  7. 7.The leaves turn brown ____ the cold months.

    • a) on
    • b) at
    • c) to
    • d) in

  8. 8.Which sentence is correct?

    • a) The owl hunts at night.
    • b) The owl hunts by night time.
    • c) The owl hunts of night.
    • d) The owl hunts on night.

Answer key — Grade 4 English Language Arts — In, on and at for time

  1. 1. 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
  2. 2. 1. at eight o'clock 2. in the morning 3. on Sunday 4. in September 5. in 2020
  3. 3. on
  4. 4. at
  5. 5. d) on Friday
  6. 6. The film starts at four o'clock. → Correct; We swim in the evening. → Correct; School reopens at July. → Wrong; The bus came on Thursday. → Correct; I was born on 2016. → Wrong; The bell rings in noon. → Wrong
  7. 7. d) in
  8. 8. a) The owl hunts at night.