PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
AT\IN\ON
AT- A precise time
IN- Months, Years, Centuries and Long periods
ON- Dates and Days of the week
AT IN ON
AT\IN\ON
AT- A precise time
IN- Months, Years, Centuries and Long periods
ON- Dates and Days of the week
AT IN ON
- at 1 o´clock in June on Sunday
- at noon in the past on Christmas day
- at bedtime in the future on new years eve
- at dinnertime in 2008 on the 22 of July\ on the 22nd
- at 9:30 am in the next Century on my birthday
- at sunrise in the ice age on the last day
- at sunset in the 1980s on 6 April
- at the moment in winter on children´s day
- at midnight in summer\ in the summer on Monday
LOOK AT THE EXAMPLES BELOW
- I wake up at 6:30 am on weekdays
- The school bell rings at 8:30 am
- I read a book for my Children at bedtime
- She is very busy at the moment, please call again later.
- We do not eat heavy food at dinnertime
- It gets colder at sunset
- I was bored on my birthday
- My parents said that on the last days people will be lovers of money
- My Mother`s birthday is on the 23 of March
- I wont go to school on Monday
- I hope The cost of living would be cheaper in the next Century
- We are no more in the 1970s, so wake up
- If I work hard I might Graduate in 2017
- I used to play with toys in the past, but not anymore.
notice the use of the preposition of the time at following standards expressions:
expressions | examples |
---|---|
at night | The moon shines at night |
at the weekends* | I work at the weekends, so tiring |
at easter\ Christmas | I do not like to go to church at easter. |
at the same time | We did not finish eating at the same time |
at present | They are not at work at present |
attention: In some varieties of English people say " on the weekends" and " on Christmas"
notice the use of the prepositions of time in and on these are common expressions
in on
in the night | on Sunday night |
in the morning | on Wednesday morning |
in the mornings | on Friday mornings |
in the afternoon(s) | on Monday afternoon(s) |
in the evening(s) | on Sunday evening(s) |
When we say last, next,every,his we do not also use at, in, on
- I went to Africa Last September. (not in last September)
- My parents are coming back next weekend. (not on next weekend)
- I do not go home every Summer. (not at every summer)
- I will call you this evening. (not at this evening)
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