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PRECISE TIME

in
MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES AND LONG PERIODS

on
DAYS AND DATES

at at at at at at at at

3 o'clock noon 10.30am dinnertime bedtime sunrise sunset the moment

in May in summer in the summer in 1990 in the 1990s in the next century in the Ice Age in the past/future

on Sunday on Tuesdays on 6 March on 25 Dec. 2010 on Christmas Day on Independence Day on my birthday on New Year's Eve

Expression at night at the weekend* at Christmas*/Easter at the same time at present

Example The stars shine at night. I don't usually work at the weekend. I stay with my family at Christmas. We finished the test at the same time. He's not home at present. Try later.

Use of the prepositions of time in and on in these common expressions:

in in the in the in the in the

Exercise: Complete the sentences with correct prepositions of time. In, on or at.

morning mornings afternoon(s) evening(s)

on on Tuesday morning on Saturday mornings on Sunday afternoons on Monday evening

I have a meeting ______ 9am. The shop closes ______midnight. Jane went home ______ lunchtime. In England, it often snows ______ December. Do you think we will go to Jupiter ______ the future? There should be a lot of progress ______ the next century. Do you work ______ Mondays? Her birthday is ______ 20 November. Where will you be ______ New Year's Day?