Prepositions of time – Exercise 357
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| Preposition | Use | Examples | Remember! |
|---|---|---|---|
| at | - clock time, incl. midnight and noon - with the word "time" or "moment" - holiday periods |
at six o'clock, at 8:40 at midnight, at noon at lunchtime, at dinnertime at this time, at the same time at the moment at Christmas, at Easter |
at night |
| on | - with the word "day" - dates - day of week + time of day |
on Monday on Saturdays on her birthday on weekdays on the 15th of May on Tuesday morning, on Friday night |
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| in | - time of day - months - seasons - decades - years - centuries |
in the morning, in the evening in October, in April in winter, in summer in the nineties, in the fifties in 1995, in 2018 in the nineteenth century |
Another meaning is "from now" in a few hours in a month |
| – | - this + ... - next + ... - last + ... - every + ... - today, tomorrow, yesterday - tomorrow/yesterday + time of day |
this morning, this month, this year next week, next summer, next year last night, last month, last Thursday every day, every week, every autumn today, tomorrow morning, yesterday evening |