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  • At, in, on: Prepositions of time

    Exercise 1

    Choose at, in, on to complete the sentences.

    1See you Friday.

    2I brush my teeth the morning.

    3The match is 4 o'clock.

    4We have lunch midday.

    5I'm busy the moment.

    6My parents always visit me my birthday.

    7He was born the 19th century

    8He usually goes on holiday July

    9They always get together Christmas.

    10You can come the weekend.


     

  • At, in, on: Prepositions of time

    Detailed grammar chart explaining the use of time prepositions 'at', 'in', and 'on' with examples for days, months, seasons, years, and specific times of day.

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    At

    Use at with times of day, including mealtimes, bedtime, etc.

    • at 3 o’clock, at 10.30 am, at noon, at dinnertime, at bedtime, at sunrise, at sunset, at the moment

    Use at in the following common expressions:

    • at the weekend: I don’t usually work at the weekend.
    • at Christmas/Easter: I stay with my family at Christmas.
    • at the same time: We finished the test at the same time.
    • at present/at the moment: He’s not home at present. Try later.

    In

    Use in with months, seasons, years, decades, centuries and long periods of time in general.

    • in May, in the summer, in 1990, in the 1990s, in the 20th century, in the Ice Age, in the past/future

    On

    Use on followed by days and dates.

    • on Sunday, on Tuesday mornings, on 6 March, on 25 December 2010, on Christmas Day, on Independence Day, on my birthday, on New Year’s Eve

    Parts of the day:

    • in the morning
    • in the afternoon
    • in the evening
    • at night

    Last, next, every and this

    When we say last, next, every, this, we do not use at, in, on.

    • I went to London last June.
    • I went to London in last June.
    • He’s coming back next Tuesday. 
    • He’s coming back on next Tuesday. 
    • I go home every Easter. 
    • I go home at every Easter. 
    • We’ll call you this evening. 
    • We’ll call you in this evening. 
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