PREPOSITION

PREPOSITION OF TIME
in
in
in
in
in
in
in
in
in

October
the winter
1998
the 1970s
the 18th century
the 1970s
the Middle Ages
the past
the future

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on Friday/Fridays
2002

on March 12,

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at
at
at
at

5:00
11:45
midnight
lunchtime

at sunset

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at
at
at
at

EXPRESSIONS WITH AT
night
Christmas/ at Easter
the moment/ at this time
the same time

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We say:

in the morning
but on Friday
morning

in the
afterno
on but
on
Monda
y
afterno

in the
evening but
on Sunday

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We also say:
in a few minutes/ in six months, etc.= a
time in the future.
Example:
The train will be leaving
in a few minutes.
Shell be here in a moment.

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on

at
in

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USES OF IN
in
in
in
in
in
in
in
in
in

a room
a building
a box
a garden
a town/country
the city center
a pool
the sea
a river

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USES OF AT
at
at
at
at

the bus stop

the door
the roundabout
reception

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USES OF ON
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on

the wall
the ceiling
the door
the floor
the table
her nose
a page
an island

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1. When we were ____ Visayas, we spent a
few days ____ Negros.
2. Who was that man standing ____ door?
3. Please leave your key ___ the reception.
4. Turn left ___ the roundabout.
5. The Katipunan kept Rizals picture ___
their wall.

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OTHER USES OF IN
in bed
in the country/ in the countryside
in a picture/ in a photo/in a
photograph
in a line/ in a row/ in a queue
in the sky/ in the world
in an office/ in a department

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OTHER USES OF ON
on the left/ on the right
on the left-hand side/on the right
hand-side
on the ground floor/ on the first floor/
on the second floor, etc.
on a map/ on a menu/ on a list
on a farm

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OTHER USES OF AT
at the top of
at the bottom of
at the end of

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At the front/at the back of
a building, theatre, group
of people
but in the front/back of a car
but on the front/back of a
letter

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in a car

on a bus, on a plane,
on a train,
on a motorcycle,
on a ship

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1. Look at those people swimming ___
river.
2. It was a lovely day. There wasn't a
cloud ___ sky.
3. I didn't feel very well when I woke
up, so I stayed ___ bed.
4. Is there anything interesting ___ the
paper today?
5. Paris is ___the river Seine.