At, in, on – prepositions of time

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    At, in, on – prepositions of time

    Exercise 3

    Complete the sentences using the correct prepositions of time: at, in, on.

    1 Fish is a healthy option dinnertime.

    2 The interview is 8 o'clock Monday morning.

    3 The snow melts the spring.

    4 Every year, I visit my parents Thanksgiving Day.

    5 summer, we go fishing weekends.

    6 I'm unemployed the moment.

    7 Classes end the 4th of July.

    8 We don't know what will happen the future.

    9 You can visit us June.

    10 You need to raise your hand the same time.


     

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  • At, in, on – prepositions of time

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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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