Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Prepositions IN / ON /AT


IN ON AT – PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

How to Use prepositions of Time IN – ON – AT Correctly!


IN
Parts of the day:
  • in the morning
  • in the afternoon
  • in the evening
Months:
  • in October
  • in June
  • in December
Seasons:
  • in (the) spring
  • in (the) summer
  • in (the) fall/ autumn
  • in (the) winter
Years:
  • in 1980
  • in 1968
Decades:
  • in the 1900s
  • in the seventies
Centuries:
  • in the 17th century
  • in the 20st century
Weeks:
  • in a week
  • in 2 weeks
Holidays:
  • in the Easter holiday
  • in the Christmas holiday
Period of time:
  • in the past
  • in the next century
  • in the future
  • in the 10 years time
  • in the middle ages
  • in a few minutes
  • in a moment
  • in an hour
  • in 3 hours
  • in six months
  • in a year

ON


Days:
  • On Monday
  • On Tuesday
  • On Saturday
Dates:
  • on June 3rd
  • on 1st October 2013
  • on the 10th
  • on the first day
  • on the last day
Holidays with ‘day’:
  • on New Year’s day
  • on Christmas day
  • on Easter day
Specific days:
  • on my birthday
  • on holiday
  • on my wedding day
  • on that day
Days + Parts of day:
  • on Saturday morning(s)
  • on Sunday afternoon(s)
  • on Tuesday evening(s)
On + time:

  • on the weekend (U.S.)
  • on weekdays
  • on time
  • on a winter evening
  • on a warm day
  • on my break
  • on the weekend (U.S.)
  • on weekdays
  • on time
  • on a winter evening
  • on a warm day
  • on my break

AT


Hours:
  • at 9 am
  • at 8 o’clock
  • at 6 pm
Parts of the day:
  • at night
  • at noon/ midday
  • at midnight
  • at bedtime
  • at lunch time
  • at dinner time
  • at dinner
  • at lunch
  • at sunrise/ sunset
  • at dawn
Holidays without “day”:
  • at Easter
  • at Christmas
  • at New Years
At + time:
  • at present
  • at the weekend (U.K)
  • at breakfast
  • at the moment
  • at that moment
  • at the same time
  • at that time

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