🎻 The Concert Is On Saturday!
Ines needs help to find a gift, and the whole family is going to a concert! Learn in, on, at for time and place (on Saturday at 5 p.m. at the theater), how to ask for help ("Could you do me a favor?"), how to read an event poster with key words, and the adjectives to describe an event: exciting, relaxing, loud…
A Little Favor
Recess. Ines runs to Omar with her notebook.
🤔 When did a friend help you? What did you ask?
📍 Prepositions Of Time And Place
Three little words: in, on and at. Think of them as big → medium → small!
🌍 in — big
- Large areas: Beijing is in China. in Tunisia · in Sousse
- Long periods: They came here in 2005. in September · in summer
- in the morning / afternoon / evening
🛣️ on — medium
- Streets: I live on Main Street.
- Days: The lecture is on Monday.
- Dates: My birthday is on April 17th.
📌 at — small, precise
- Addresses: His house is at 465 Pine Street.
- Buildings, businesses: The lecture is at the auditorium.
- Precise times: The concert is at 5 p.m.
- at night · at midnight · at noon
Street or address? No number → on: on First Street. With a number → at: at 34 Central Avenue. · Morning or night? In the morning, I'm very tired. At night, I like to read.
🧺 The In / On / At Sorter
Which preposition goes with each word? 10 words.
🙋 Asking For Help
Use questions with Could you…? to ask for help — it's polite!
🙏 Ask
- Could you do me a favor?
- Could you help me?
- Could you help me find my keys?
👍 Agree
- Sure. · No problem. · OK.
- What do you need?
🙇 Say no politely
- Apologize with I'm sorry, but… and give a reason:
- I'm sorry, but I'm really busy right now.
- I'm really sorry, but I can't help you. I have a test tomorrow.
💬 The Favor Chat
You are Omar. Ines asks for help — answer politely! 6 steps.
📖 Reading About Events
When you read about an event, scan quickly and find the key words. Don't spend time on words you don't understand — concentrate on the words you do!
🔑 Key word categories
- Event names: concert, picnic, lecture, play, musical
- Event places: auditorium, theater, aquarium, concert hall
- Times and dates: on February 6, in the evening, at 5 o'clock
🎟️ Other key words
- admission = the price to go in
- perform = play, sing or act for people
- start · ticket · available (you can get it)
🔠 Proper nouns
- Names begin with a capital letter. Look for a word you know inside:
- The Monterey Bay Aquarium
- The Empire State Building · Central Park
🔦 The Key Word Hunt
Click the key words in this event poster (event, group, date, time, place, price, tickets). Find all 9!
⏱️ The Poster Scanner
Scan the poster above and answer — fast! 6 questions.
✨ Adjectives For Events
Many adjectives for events end in -ing. They come from verbs: relax → relaxing. One way to remember them: learn their opposites. Click to flip!
More event adjectives: fun · incredible · surprising. "The robotics show was fun and really surprising!" · Careful: The concert was exciting (the event) — later you'll see I was excited (the person)!
🤔 How Was It?
Read about the event and choose the best adjective. 8 events.
Listen And Repeat!
Click 🔊 Listen to hear the phrase, 🐢 Slowly to hear it slower, then 🎙️ My turn and say it out loud into your microphone!
✍️ Practice Time!
Exercise 1 — True Or False?
Exercise 2 — Complete The Dialogue
Fill in the missing word in each line of the conversation.
🎭 Create & Record: Our Event Poster
Your class is organizing an event (a concert, a play, a science fair, a book fair…). Write the poster with all the key words (event, place, date, time, admission, tickets) using in / on / at correctly. Then write a short dialogue where you ask a friend for help to put up the posters, and describe the event with two adjectives.
🎙️ Now, Record It!
Read your poster like a radio announcer — then the dialogue with a friend. Listen back!
🎯 Final Quiz — Events
Answer 7 questions to test everything you learned in this lesson!