THE PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
Definition: A preposition of time is a kind of preposition that allows
you to discuss a specific time period such as a date on the calendar, the days of the
week, the month of the year, or the actual time something
takes place.
The most common prepositions of time are: on, at, in:
Here are some examples of preposition of time:
On Monday
In January
In 2000
In the 1990s
At 9 o’clock
On Sunday night
In the twenty-first century
Examples in the sentences:
I get up at 9 o’clock every morning.
We go to school on Monday.
You were born in 1983.
At night, he sleeps at 8 o’clock.
She studies in the morning.
They come home in the afternoon.
We all eat dinner in the evening.
AT
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Times: at 8pm, at
midnight, at 6:30
Holiday periods: at Christmas,
at Easter
at night
at the weekend
at lunchtime, at dinnertime, at breakfast time
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ON
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Days: on Monday, on my birthday, on
Christmas Day
days + morning / afternoon / evening / night: on
Tuesday morning
Dates: on the 20th
of June
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IN
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Years: in 1992, in
2006
Months: in December,
in June
Decades: in the
sixties, in the 1790s
Centuries: in the 19th
century
Seasons: in winter,
in summer
in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening
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NO PREPOSITION
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next week, year, month
last night, year
this morning, month
every day, night, years
today, tomorrow, yesterday
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