Prepositions of time

We use:
 

• "at" + a specific time, for example:
  • at 8 o'clock
  • at 11.30pm
  • at 7am
  Also:
  • at Christmas (for holidays)
  • at the weekend
  • at night, at lunchtime
  
   
• "in" + months, seasons, years, for example:
  • in June
  • in (the) winter
  • in 1986
  Also:
  • in the morning / afternoon / evening
  
   
• "on" + day, date, celebrations, for example
  • on Sunday
  • on 21st March
  • on my birthday

 

Prepositions of time
at	at 9.45am; at Easter; at the moment
in	in August; in (the) summer; in 2012
on	on Thursday; on 1st April 2012; on our anniversary

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Practice

Complete the sentence with the correct preposition "at", "in" or "on".

• I'm getting married June.
   
• Tom is arriving Saturday.
   
• the weekend, we usually go to the cinema.
   
• My brother was born 5th February 1976.
   

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Prepositions of place

We use:
 

• "at" + a place in a community, for example:
  • at the cinema
  • at the post office
  Also:
  • at home
  
   
• "in" + a place inside or enclosed, for example:
  • in the drawer
  • in the classroom
  • in the city centre
  Also:
  • in the/a car/taxi
  But:
  • on the/a plane/bus/train
  
   
• "on" + a surface (on top of something), for example:
  • on the wall
  • on the desk
  • on the ceiling
  Also:
  • on the/a plane/train/bus (see above)
  • on the/a ship/boat

 

Prepositions of place
at	at the doctor's; at work
in	in the kitchen; in Paris
on	on the shelf; on the roof

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Practice

Complete the sentence with the correct preposition "at", "in" or "on".

• They were the cinema last night.
   
• Your phone is the table.
   
• I think she's the dining room.
   
• Is Shelly the supermarket?
   

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Further practice

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence: a, b or c.

• The meeting is ____ Tuesday 10th March.


at in on



• ____ September, we're going to Italy.


At In On



• He usually leaves for work ____ 6am.


at in on



• John lives ____ Tokyo.


at in on



• Meet me ____ the library entrance.


at in on



• Is there a café ____ the ferry?


at in on

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Further language point

  Prepositions with verbs of movement:
 

• "get to" (arrive):
  • I get to work at 9am.
  
   
• "arrive at/in":
  • I arrived at the airport late.
  • I arrived in London on time.
  
   
• "travel to":
  • I travel to work by car.