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Prepositions of Time and Place Error Correction

A2-B1 Level

This prepositions of time and place error correction exercise targets the mistakes learners make most often when proofreading full sentences: choosing in, on, or at for time, matching place prepositions to points, surfaces, and enclosed spaces, and separating duration, deadline, and destination meanings.

Wrong: "The workshop starts in 9 o'clock on the community centre." Correct: "The workshop starts at 9 o'clock at the community centre."
Wrong: "I have a dentist appointment in Friday morning." Correct: "I have a dentist appointment on Friday morning."

Because this route asks learners to click and repair the wrong chunk inside a full sentence, it trains a different skill from a standard gap-fill. Some sentences are already correct, and some need two small repairs, so learners have to decide whether the phrase describes a month, a day, an exact time, a surface, a point, a destination, a duration, or a deadline before editing.

Quick Rule

in + larger time/place | on + day/date/surface | at + exact time/point | to + destination | for + duration | since + starting point | by + deadline

  • 1.The course starts in September. (month)
  • 2.We met on Friday morning. (specific day plus part of day)
  • 3.The address is at 42 King Street. (numbered address)
  • 4.The timetable is on the wall. (surface)
  • 5.The report must be ready by Thursday. (deadline)