In this time the preposition that would like to explain are at, in and on.
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at for a
PRECISE TIME
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in for MONTHS,
YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS
·
on for DAYS
and DATES
at
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in
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on
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Precise Time
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Months, Years, Centuries and Long
Periods
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Days and Dates
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at 3
o'clock
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in May
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on Sunday
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at 10.30am
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in summer
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on
Tuesdays
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at noon
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in the
summer
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on 6 March
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at
dinnertime
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in 1990
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on 25 Dec.
2010
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at bedtime
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in the
1990s
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on
Christmas Day
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at sunrise
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in the
next century
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on
Independence Day
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at sunset
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in the Ice
Age
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on my
birthday
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at the
moment
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in the past/future
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on New
Year's Eve
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Look at
these examples:
- I have a meeting at 9am.
- The shop closes at midnight.
- Jane went home at lunchtime.
- In England, it often snows in December.
- Do you think we will go to Jupiter in the future?
- There should be a lot of progress in the next century.
- Do you work on Mondays?
- Her birthday is on 20 November.
- Where will you be on New Year's Day?
Notice the
use of the preposition of time at
in the following standard expressions:
Expression
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Example
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at night
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The stars
shine at night.
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at the
weekend*
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I don't
usually work at the weekend.
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at
Christmas*/Easter
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I stay
with my family at Christmas.
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at the
same time
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We
finished the test at the same time.
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at present
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He's not
home at present. Try later.
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Notice the
use of the prepositions of time in
and on in these common
expressions:
in
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on
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in the
morning
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on Tuesday
morning
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in the
mornings
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on
Saturday mornings
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in the
afternoon(s)
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on Sunday
afternoons
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in the
evening(s)
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on Monday
evening
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When we say last, next, every, this we do not also
use at, in, on.
- I went to London last June. (not in last June)
- He's coming back next Tuesday. (not on next Tuesday)
- I go home every Easter. (not at every Easter)
- We'll call you this evening. (not in this evening)
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