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Prepositions of time AT / ON / IN

We use many different prepositions for talking about time. and that may be confusing for many students… Many learners of English report that they are often confused about the correct usage of the English prepositions of time, At, in, On. For this reason, today’s Video will clarify your doubts once and for all because correct grammar is important if you want to keep on improving your English.

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There are three prepositions in English that are used with time AT, IN, ON.

Generally,

AT for a PRECISE TIME

IN for MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS

ON for DAYS and DATES

Let’s start we AT

We use: with Specific time

At 4:00 pm.

At lunchtime.

At midnight.

At sunset.

Holiday Period

At Christmas.

At Easter.

At Thanksgiving.

we use on

-Days

On Monday

On my birthday

On Christmas Day

On Halloween

-Dates

On 8th February

On our anniversary

On Saturday night

We use in

-Months

-Seasons

-Years

-Decades

-Centuries

– Long period

-Part of the day

In February

In the summer

In 1999

In the 80s

In the 21st centuries

In the middle age

In the future

In the past

In the morning

In the evening

however

Don’t use with

NEXT-LAST-EVERY

I see you next Monday.

I see you on the Next Monday.

I was there last Saturday.

She studies every day.

Mini Quiz

Test your understanding with this quick quiz.

“Let’s meet _______ midday _______ Saturday.”

at, at

in, on

at, on

“The manager isn’t here _______ present, but she’ll be back _______ half an hour.”

at, in

at, at

in, in

3. “You won’t be working _______ Saturday nights _______ the future, will you?”

at, in

on, in

on, at

4. Which are correct? “I’m busy _______ moment, but I’ll be free ______ evening.”

at the, in this

in the, at this

at the, this

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