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Prepositions of Time: In, At, On and No Preposition With Time Words

The document discusses the use of prepositions of time such as "at", "on", "in", and no preposition with different time words and periods. It provides examples of time expressions that take each preposition as well as those that do not require a preposition, such as days of the week, dates, years, months, decades, centuries, seasons, and expressions like "next", "last", and "this". Care must be taken to use the correct preposition or lack thereof with different time-related terms.

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Prepositions of Time: In, At, On and No Preposition With Time Words

The document discusses the use of prepositions of time such as "at", "on", "in", and no preposition with different time words and periods. It provides examples of time expressions that take each preposition as well as those that do not require a preposition, such as days of the week, dates, years, months, decades, centuries, seasons, and expressions like "next", "last", and "this". Care must be taken to use the correct preposition or lack thereof with different time-related terms.

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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

in

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

next week, year, month etc


last night, year etc
no
pre
p

this morning, month etc


every day, night, years etc
today, tomorrow, yesterday

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