Read Bob Geldof's biography and decide which preposition (IN, ON or AT) best completes each gap. Then check your answers.

Bob Geldof was born  (1) _____ Dublin, Ireland,  (2) _____ October 5, 1954.  (3) _____ 1975 he started a rock band called the 'Boomtown Rats' and he became a famous pop star. But now he is best-known as the man who made millions of pounds to help the people of Africa.

It all began  (4) _____ October 1984, when Geldof saw the television news about Ethiopia: millions of peoople were dying of hunger. He was very upset, so he decided to make and sell a record, and to give the money to Ethiopia. He and Midge Ure wrote a song called Do They Know It's Christmas? and Geldof asked some pop star friends to record the song. He called the group 'Band Aid' and  (5) _____ Sunday 25 November 1984, they recorded the song  (6) _____ London. Two weeks later the record was  (7) _____ the shops. It sold millions of copies and made 8 million pounds.  (8) _____ December of the same year, Geldof went to Ethiopia and saw the starving people and the civil war. He was very shocked.

(9) _____ March 1985, Geldof started to plan the Live Aid concert  (10) _____ London. But he also wanted a concert  (11) _____ the same time  (12) _____ America. He chose Philadelphia. He worked very hard for weeks to organise the concerts. Finally,  (13) _____ July 13,  (14) _____ 12 noon, the concert  (15) _____ London started.  (16) _____ 5 pm the concert in Philadelphia started and Live Aid continued, with one band from America, then one band from Britain, until 10pm. Then the London concert finished and the Philadelphia concert continued for another five hours. Every hour, Bob Geldof came  (17) _____ TV and asked for money.  (18) _____ all, Live Aid made 50 million pounds. When the concert was over he said, 'I think this is the best day of my life!'

adapted from Flying Colours 1