Prepositions of Time - at, in, on | Grammar | EnglishClub

With quiz. We use: AT for a precise time [AT 3pm, AT noon]; IN for months, years, centuries, long periods [IN 2050, IN the summer]; ON for days and dates ... EnglishClub: LearnEnglish: Grammar:Prepositions:PrepositionsofTime-at,in,on PrepositionsofTime-at,in,on Weuse: atforaPRECISETIME inforMONTHS,YEARS,CENTURIESandLONGPERIODS onforDAYSandDATES at PRECISETIME in MONTHS,YEARS,CENTURIESandLONGPERIODS on DAYSandDATES at3o'clock inMay onSunday at10.30am insummer onTuesdays atnoon inthesummer on6March atdinnertime in1990 on25Dec.2010 atbedtime inthe1990s onChristmasDay atsunrise inthenextcentury onIndependenceDay atsunset intheIceAge onmybirthday atthemoment inthepast/future onNewYear'sEve Lookattheseexamples: Ihaveameetingat9am. Theshopclosesatmidnight. Janewenthomeatlunchtime. InEngland,itoftensnowsinDecember. DoyouthinkwewillgotoJupiterinthefuture? Thereshouldbealotofprogressinthenextcentury. DoyouworkonMondays? Herbirthdayison20November. WherewillyoubeonNewYear'sDay? Noticetheuseoftheprepositionoftimeatinthefollowingstandardexpressions: Expression Example atnight Thestarsshineatnight. attheweekend* Idon'tusuallyworkattheweekend. atChristmas*/Easter IstaywithmyfamilyatChristmas. atthesametime Wefinishedthetestatthesametime. atpresent He'snothomeatpresent.Trylater. *NotethatinsomevarietiesofEnglishpeoplesay"ontheweekend"and"onChristmas". Noticetheuseoftheprepositionsoftimeinandoninthesecommonexpressions: in on inthemorning onTuesdaymorning inthemornings onSaturdaymornings intheafternoon(s) onSundayafternoon(s) intheevening(s) onMondayevening(s) Whenwesaylast,next,every,thiswedonotalsouseat,in,on. IwenttoLondonlastJune.(notinlastJune) He'scomingbacknextTuesday.(notonnextTuesday) IgohomeeveryEaster.(notateveryEaster) We'llcallyouthisevening.(notinthisevening) MiniQuiz Testyourunderstandingwiththisquickquiz. 1.Choosethecorrectprepositions:"Let'smeet_______midday_______Saturday." at,at in,on at,on a)at,atb)in,onc)at,on 2.Choosethecorrectprepositions:"Themanagerisn'there_______present,butshe'llbeback_______halfanhour." at,in at,at in,in a)at,inb)at,atc)in,in 3.Whicharecorrect?"Youwon'tbeworking_______Saturdaynights_______thefuture,willyou?" at,in on,in on,at a)at,inb)on,inc)on,at 4.Whicharecorrect?"I'mbusy_______moment,butI'llbefree______evening." atthe,inthis inthe,atthis atthe,this a)atthe,inthisb)inthe,atthisc)atthe,this Yourscoreis: Correctanswers: Forafulllistofprepositionsplusexamplesandquizzes,getthePDFebookEnglishPrepositionsListbyEnglishClubfounderJosefEssberger.IIlustratedwithexamplesentences,quizzesandanswers. WoraTularuk ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ...wellorganized,easytounderstand,veryusefulwhenwritingorevenspeaking. InésBarbero ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Extremelyuseful...fullofexamplesandvisualaidtolearnprepositions. JohnVincent ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ...serveswellasaquickreferenceguidetoseehowdifferentprepositionsfunctioninsentences.Iespeciallylikedthediagrams. EnglishPrepositionsList PrepositionsofPlace:at,in,on EnglishClub: LearnEnglish: Grammar:Prepositions:PrepositionsofTime-at,in,on Covid-19Vocab+Quiz VaccineVocabulary+Quiz TheVocabularyofCensorship Top10@EnglishClub: PhrasalVerbsList IrregularVerbsList NumbersChart1-100 VerbTenses Grammar PartsofSpeech PrepositionsofTimeatinon WH-QuestionWords GrammarQuizzes PartsofSpeechQuiz WhenIuseaword,itmeansjustwhatIchooseittomean-neithermorenorless.'Humpty-Dumpty(LewisCarroll) Nobodyhastherighttoobey.' About JOIN Forums Grammar Vocab Pronunciation Listen Speak Read Write Guest 7Secrets More...