Prepositions of time

Prepositions of time

Prepositions

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• MONTHS: In January, in April, in May.
• SEASONS: In autumn, in winter.
• YEARS: in 2020, in 1985, in 2010.
• CENTURIES: in the 20th century.
• *TIMES OF THE DAY: in the morning, in the evening, in the afternoon.
• LONG PERIODS OF TIME: in the past, in the 1980s, in the holidays.

• Days of the week: On tuesday, on saturday, on monday.
• Day + part of the day: on Wednesday evening, on tuesday morning,
• Dates: On November 12.
• Special days: on my birthday, on New Year's eve.

• Clock Time: at 2:00pm, at 3:00am.
• Holidays: At Christmas, at Easter.
• Mealtimes: at breakfast time, at lunch time, at dinner time.
• Exception: at night, at midnight.

Time expression that don't need any preposition

• next week, year, month etc.
• last night, year etc.
• this morning, month etc.
• every day, night, year etc.
• today, tomorrow, yesterday.

Examples

• My vacation ends on Monday.
• My brother John was born on September 3rd.
• We always have a huge celebration on New Year’s Eve.

• The weather is very cold here at Christmas.
• She's a nurse and she works at night.
• She doesn't like to leave the office at lunchtime.

• I usually relax in the evening.
• In summer it's too hot to do anything.
• I'm always really busy in December.

Carrusel

Fill in the gap exercise

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