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This document summarizes the use of prepositions of time (at/on/in) and place (at/on/in) in English. For time, in is used for long periods like months or seasons, at is used to indicate specific times of day, and on is used for days and dates. For place, in indicates being enclosed or surrounded by a location, at indicates being at or near a location without being inside, and on indicates being on the surface of something. The document provides examples of how to use these prepositions correctly in different contexts involving time and location.

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Afternoon/ Evening': in October/1968/winter/18 in

This document summarizes the use of prepositions of time (at/on/in) and place (at/on/in) in English. For time, in is used for long periods like months or seasons, at is used to indicate specific times of day, and on is used for days and dates. For place, in indicates being enclosed or surrounded by a location, at indicates being at or near a location without being inside, and on indicates being on the surface of something. The document provides examples of how to use these prepositions correctly in different contexts involving time and location.

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PREPOSITIONS (TIME) AT/ON/IN IN -Long periods: (months, years, seasons) In October/the winter/1968/ the 1970s/ the past/ the

future *In the morning /afternoon/ evening but on Monday morning/ afternoon/ evening AT -Time of the day: At 5/ 11.45/ midnight/ lunchtime/ sunset *at night/ the weekend/ Christmas / Easter/ at the moment /at present / at the same time In con sentido de dentro de en el futuro: In a few minutes/ in a week/ in a moment/ ON -Days and dates: On Friday/ 12March1991/ Christmas day/ My birthday.. * on Monday morning/ afternoon/ evening

Dont use at/on/in before last/next /this/ every: Ill see you next Friday (not on next Friday)

PREPOSITIONS (PLACE) AT/ON/IN In (en, rodeado por un lugar) At (en, pero no dentro del lugar o rodeado por el mismo) On (en, sobre una superficie)

Examples: *In the shop (dentro de la tienda)/ At the shop (en la tienda pero no dentro, a la altura de la tienda) : There are people in the shop/ Turn left at the shop *There is some water in the bottle (dentro de la botella) / There is a label on the bottle (En la superficie de la botella) *There is somebody at the door (En la puerta) / There is a notice on the door (En la superficie de la puerta IN AT ON

*In a room /a building/ a box *In a garden/ a town or city / in a country (El lugar est delimitado)

*At the bus stop/ the door/ the window (me sito en el sitio pero no dentro) *At the end of the street (al final) *At the traffic lights/ the church/the roundabout (en las inmediaciones de estos sitios) *A the top/bottom of the page (al principio, final de la pgina)

*On the ceiling/ wall/the door/ the table/ the floor *On her nose (sobre la nariz) *On a page *On an island

SPECIAL CASES: IN Somebody or something is in: *IN a line /row /queue/ street *IN a photograph/ picture/mirror *in the sky /the world *in a book / newspaper/ magazine/ letter *In bed /hospital/ prison AT Somebody or something is at: *at home/ work/ school/ university/college *at a party/ a concert/ a football match/ the meeting. ON Somebody or something Is on: *On the left / right *On the ground floor / the first floor *On a map / the menu/ a list *On a farm In a bus/ train, plane, ship but in a car / in a taxi

In/ at for buildings -At: donde un evento /accin tiene lugar We went to a concert at the Royal Festival Hall / Dont meet me at the station/ at the airport / I was at Judys house yesterday. -In: cuando hablamos del edificio It was cold in the Royal Festival Hall/ The rooms in Judys house are small.

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