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Prepositions of Time

The document discusses the use of prepositions of time in, on, and at with different time expressions. It provides examples of when to use each preposition, such as using "at" with specific times like 8am, using "on" with days and dates like Mondays and September 7th, and using "in" with nonspecific times during periods like seasons, months, or years. It then provides an exercise with blanks to fill in the correct preposition for different time expressions.

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Prepositions of Time

The document discusses the use of prepositions of time in, on, and at with different time expressions. It provides examples of when to use each preposition, such as using "at" with specific times like 8am, using "on" with days and dates like Mondays and September 7th, and using "in" with nonspecific times during periods like seasons, months, or years. It then provides an exercise with blanks to fill in the correct preposition for different time expressions.

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Prepositions of Time

In, at, on and no preposition with time words:


Prepositions of time - here's a list of the time words that need 'on', 'in', 'at'
and some that don't need any preposition. Be careful - many students of
English use 'on' with months (it should be 'in'), or put a preposition before
'next' when we don't need one.

times: at 8pm, at midnight, at 6:30


holiday periods: at Christmas, at Easter
at

at night
at the weekend
at lunchtime, at dinnertime, at breakfast time

days: on Monday, on my birthday, on Christmas


Day
on

days + morning / afternoon / evening /


night: on Tuesday morning
dates: on the 20th of June

in

years: in 1992, in 2006


months: in December, in June
decades: in the sixties, in the 1790s

centuries: in the 19th century


seasons: in winter, in summer
in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening

next week, year, month etc


no
pre
p

last night, year etc


this morning, month etc
every day, night, years etc
today, tomorrow, yesterday

THE PREPOSITIONS AT, ON, AND IN


We use at for specific times.
For example:I start work at 7.00 a.m.
I don't work at night.
We use on for specific days and dates .
For example:
My birthday is on Monday.
We're having a party on 7th September.
We also use on for some special days.
For example:
On Christmas day.

We use in for nonspecific times during a day, a month, a season, or a


year.
For example:
In summer it's too hot to work.
I started this web site in 1999.
She woke up in the night.

Put in the correct preposition (choose in / on / at). If no preposition is


need put in -.
1) There was a loud noise which woke us up
2) Do you usually eat chocolate eggs

3) What are you doing


4)

midnight.
Easter?

the weekend?

last week I worked until 9pm

every night.

5) My father always reads the paper

6) She plays tennis

breakfast time.

Fridays

7) The trees here are really beautiful

8) I'll see you

the spring

Tuesday afternoon then

9) Shakespeare died

1616.

10)

every day

She studies

11)John is going to buy the presents

today.

12)

In my hometown, the shops open early

13)

She met her husband

14)

The party is

15)

We are meeting

16)

I often get sleepy

17)

His daughter was born

the morning

1998

next Saturday.
Friday morning.
the afternoon
the 24th of August.

18)

Mobile phones became popular

the nineties.

19)

Luckily the weather was perfect

her wedding day

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