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    The document provides guidance on using the prepositions "in", "at", and "on" in English. It explains that "in" is used with months, seasons, countries, city names, times of day, rooms, buildings, gardens, parks, bodies of water, lines, and queues. "At" is used with specific times, places in a city, places on a page, and groups of people. "On" is used with specific days, surfaces, small islands, directions, the corner of a street, and the front or back of a piece of paper. The document also notes some exceptions and important notes for using these prepositions correctly in different contexts.

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    The document provides guidance on using the prepositions "in", "at", and "on" in English. It explains that "in" is used with months, seasons, countries, city names, times of day, rooms, buildings, gardens, parks, bodies of water, lines, and queues. "At" is used with specific times, places in a city, places on a page, and groups of people. "On" is used with specific days, surfaces, small islands, directions, the corner of a street, and the front or back of a piece of paper. The document also notes some exceptions and important notes for using these prepositions correctly in different contexts.

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    The document provides guidance on using the prepositions "in", "at", and "on" in English. It explains that "in" is used with months, seasons, countries, city names, times of day, rooms, buildings, gardens, parks, bodies of water, lines, and queues. "At" is used with specific times, places in a city, places on a page, and groups of people. "On" is used with specific days, surfaces, small islands, directions, the corner of a street, and the front or back of a piece of paper. The document also notes some exceptions and important notes for using these prepositions correctly in different contexts.

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    Preps It Ions

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    Gie Yusingco
    The document provides guidance on using the prepositions "in", "at", and "on" in English. It explains that "in" is used with months, seasons, countries, city names, times of day, rooms, buildings, gardens, parks, bodies of water, lines, and queues. "At" is used with specific times, places in a city, places on a page, and groups of people. "On" is used with specific days, surfaces, small islands, directions, the corner of a street, and the front or back of a piece of paper. The document also notes some exceptions and important notes for using these prepositions correctly in different contexts.

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    IN We use in with months - in May seasons - in winter country - in Greece city or town names - in New York times of the

    day - in the morning, afternoon or evening BUT at night! ON We use "on" with specific days - on Friday, on New Year's Day, on April the 19th American English - "on the weekend OR on weekends" AT We use "at" with specific times - at 7 o'clock, at 6.15 at night specific places in a city - at school TO We use "to" with verbs which show movement such as go and come - He goes to school. She returned to the store. They are coming to the party tonight.

    IN Use 'in' with spaces:


    in a room / in a building in a garden / in a park

    Use 'in' with bodies of water:


    in the water in the sea in a river

    Use 'in' with lines:


    in a row / in a line in a queue

    AT Use 'at' with places:

    at the bus-stop at the door at the cinema at the end of the street

    Use 'at' with places on a page:


    at the top of the page at the bottom of the page

    Use 'at' in groups of people:


    at the back of the class at the front of the class

    ON Use 'on' with surfaces:


    on the ceiling / on the wall / on the floor on the table

    Use 'on' with small islands:

    I stayed on Maui.

    Use 'on' with directions:


    on the left on the right straight on

    IMPORTANT NOTES In / at / on the corner We say 'in the corner of a room', but 'at the corner (or 'on the corner') of a street' In / at / on the front

    We say 'in the front / in the back' of a car We say 'at the front / at the back' of buildings / groups of people We say 'on the front / on the back' of a piece of paper

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