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Prepositions of time

Prepositions of time

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José Isauro Ríos Rodríguez

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Prepositions of time

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AT

​We use AT with specific times (hour / minutes):

  • I get up at 7 o'clock.

  • My English class starts at 10am.

  • She finishes work at 6.15

  • I left the party at midnight.

Midnight (and midday) is a specific hour which is why we use AT.

12am = midnight 12pm = midday / noon

We use AT for a holiday period of two or more days:

  • Do you normally get together with your relatives at Christmas?

  • Did you eat a lot of chocolate at Easter?

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ON

​We use ON for specific days and dates:

  • I will return it to you on Wednesday.

  • They got married on Friday the 13th.

  • We get paid on the 20th of every month.

  • I drank too much milk on New Year's eve.

Remember that for dates, we use ordinal numbers.

E.g. the First of September (not the one of September)

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IN

We use IN for specific months, years, seasons, centuries and lengths of time.

  • My birthday is in January. (I don't mention the date, just the month)

  • My grandmother was born in 1927.

  • The river near my house is dry in Summer.

  • The company was founded in the 19th century.

    We need to have this report ready in 15 minutes. 

Compare with on:

The New Zealand National day is in February. (I don't mention the day - only the month)

The New Zealand National day is on February 6th. (I mention the day)

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​Special cases

The Weekend

Sometimes you will hear AT the weekend and sometimes ON the weekend.

They are both correct. ON the weekend is used in United States.

  • Where did you go on the weekend? (American English)

  • Where did you go at the weekend? (British English)

We don't use Prepositions

Remember! We do not use at, on, in or the with the following expressions:

  • Today, tomorrow, yesterday, this morning, tonight, last, next, every.

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​Now, it's your turn...

​Answer the next questions

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Multiple Choice

___ september

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at

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in

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on

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Multiple Choice

___ 12 o'clock

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at

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in

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on

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Multiple Choice

___ winter

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at

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in

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Multiple Choice

___ Easter Monday

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at

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in

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on

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Multiple Choice

___ 4th July, 1776

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at

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in

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on

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Multiple Choice

___ Christmas

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at

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in

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on

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Multiple Choice

___ Tuesday

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at

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in

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Multiple Select

___ the weekend

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at

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Multiple Choice

___ my birthday

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at

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in

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on

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Multiple Choice

___ midnight

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at

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on

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