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Prepositions of Time

The document discusses prepositions of time and place. It provides lists of time words or phrases that take specific prepositions like "at", "on", or no preposition. For example, it notes that months use "in" not "on". It also explains the basic uses of prepositions of place like "in" for containment, "on" for surfaces, and "at" for points.

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Prepositions of Time

The document discusses prepositions of time and place. It provides lists of time words or phrases that take specific prepositions like "at", "on", or no preposition. For example, it notes that months use "in" not "on". It also explains the basic uses of prepositions of place like "in" for containment, "on" for surfaces, and "at" for points.

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Prepositions of Time

In, at, on and no preposition with time words:


Prepositions of time - here's a list of the time words that need 'on', 'in', 'at' and some that
don't need any preposition. Be careful - many students of English use 'on' with months
(it should be 'in'), or put a preposition before 'next' when we don't need one.

 times: at 8pm, at midnight, at 6:30


 holiday periods: at Christmas, at Easter
at  at night
 at the weekend
 at lunchtime, at dinnertime, at breakfast time
 days: on Monday, on my birthday, on Christmas Day
on  days + morning / afternoon / evening / night: on Tuesday morning
 dates: on the 20th of June
 years: in 1992, in 2006
 months: in December, in June
 decades: in the sixties, in the 1790s
in
 centuries: in the 19th century
 seasons: in winter, in summer
 in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening
 next week, year, month etc
 last night, year etc
no
 this morning, month etc
prep
 every day, night, years etc
 today, tomorrow, yesterday
Prepositions of Place

Prepositions of place can be difficult - here's some help about using 'at', 'in' and 'on'
when you're talking about where things are.

Basics:
If something is contained inside a box or a wide flat area, we use ‘in’:

in the newspaper in a house


in a cup in a drawer
in a bottle in a bag
in bed in a car
in London in England
in a book in a pub
in a field in the sea
in my stomach in a river

If something is on a line or a horizontal or vertical surface, we use ‘on’:

on the table on the wall


on the floor on the window
on my face on a plate
on the page on the sofa
on a chair on a bag
on the river on a t-shirt
on the ceiling on a bottle
on a bike on his foot
If something is at a point, (it could be a building) we use ‘at’:

at the airport at the door


at the table at the bus stop
at the cinema at the top
at the bottom at the pub
at the traffic lights at the front
at the back at school
at university at the window
at the hospital at the piano

Here are some more common ones that don't really fit:

 on TV
 on the bus
 on a train
 on a plane
 on the radio
 at home
 at work

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