A preposition of time is a preposition that allows you to discuss a specific time period such as a date on the calendar, one of the days of the week, or the actual time something takes place. Learn prepositions of TIME: AT – IN – ON in English through the picture.
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Prepositions of Time AT – IN – ON
Prepositions of time are the same words as prepositions of place. However, they are used in a different way. You can easily distinguish these prepositions, as they always discuss times rather than places.
We use:
- AT for a PRECISE TIME
- IN for MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS
- ON for DAYS and DATES
AT – PRECISE TIME
- at 3 o’clock
- at 10.30 am
- at noon
- at dinnertime
- at bedtime
- at sunrise
- at sunset
- at the moment
ON – DAYS and DATES
- on Tuesdays
- on 6 March
- on 25 Dec. 2010
- on Independence Day
- on my birthday
- on New Year’s Eve
IN – MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS
- in May on Sunday
- in summer
- in the summer
- in 1990
- in the 1990s
- in the next century
- in the Ice Age
- in the past/future
This is good, but I would really like to see these prepositions in context.
I am trying to teach ‘forward planning/scheduling (the context) with time expressions (the language needed) but cannot find an online example of this.