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Prepositions

The document provides information about prepositions of place and time. It lists examples of how prepositions like at, in, and on are used with locations and times. It also includes standard expressions that use these prepositions and notes some patterns with expressions of time.

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Prepositions

The document provides information about prepositions of place and time. It lists examples of how prepositions like at, in, and on are used with locations and times. It also includes standard expressions that use these prepositions and notes some patterns with expressions of time.

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Prepositions of PLACE: Prepositions of TIME

AT (point) IN (enclosed space) ON (surface) AT IN ON


At the corner In the Garden On the wall Precise time Months, years, centuries Day and dates
At the bus In London On the ceiling and long periods
At the door In France On the door At 3 o’clock In May On Sunday
At the top of the page In a box On the cover At 10:30 am In summer On Tuesday
At the end of the road In my pocket On the floor At noon In the summer On 6 march
At the entrance In my wallet On the carpet At dinnertime In 1990 On 25 Dec. 2010
At the crossroads In a building On the menu At bedtime In the 1990s On Christmas Day
At work In a car On a page At sunrise In the next century On Independence Day
At sunset In the Ice Age On my birthday
Standard Expressions: At the moment In the past/future On New Year’s Eve

AT IN ON
At home In a car On a bus Standard Expressions:
At school In a taxi On a train
At work In a helicopter On a plane Expression Example
At university In a boat On a ship At night The stars shine at night
At college In a lift On a bicycle (moto) At the weekend I don’t usually work at the weekend
At the top In the newspaper On a horse, on a elephant At Christmas/Easter I stay with my family at Christmas
At the botton In the sky On the radio, on the tv At the same time We finished the test at the same time
At the side In a row On the left, on the right At present He’s not at present. Try later.
At reception In oxford street On the way

*Notice the use of the prepositions of time IN and ON in these common


********************************************* expressions:

When we say LAST, NEXT, EVERY, THIS, we don’t also use AT, IN, ON: IN ON
In the morning On Tuesday morning
Example: In the mornings On Saturday mornings
I went to London last time In the afternoon(s) On Sunday afternoons
He’s coming back next Tuesday In the evening(s) On Monday evening
I go home every Easter
We’ll call you this evening

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