• A preposition is a word that describes WHERE someone or something is.

• Common prepositions can be words like over, under, between, after, during,
behind, on, off, etc.
• There are naturally standard expressions being used, but this will only deal with
these prepositions in general.

TIME PLACE
We use AT for a POINT, EVENTS and
We use AT for a PRECISE TIME
BUILDINGS

A
> at 7 o'clock > at the corner
> at 10.45 am > at the bus stop
> at noon > at the door
> at dinnertime > at the bottom of the page

T > at night
> at breaktime, at lunchtime
> at midnight
> at the moment
We use IN for MONTHS, YEARS,
SEASONS, PARTS OF THE DAY
> at the concert, the meeting
> at the entrance, at the exit
> at the hotel, the supermarket
> at home, at work, at school
We use IN for an ENCLOSED SPACE
and GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS

I
> in July > in the garden
> in winter > in London
> in the summer > in England
> in 2013 > in a box

N > in the 1980s

> in the morning, the afternoon
> in the evening
> in my pocket
> in my wallet
> in a building
> in a moment, in ten minutes > in a car, in a taxi
We use ON for a SURFACE,
We use ON for DAYS and DATES COMMUNICATIONS and PUBLIC
TRANSPORT

O >
>
>
on Saturday, on Mondays
on Sunday morning
on 11 July
> on the wall, on the door
> on the desk, on the floor
> on tv, on the radio,

N >
>
>
on 23 March 2013
on Christmas Day
on my birthday
> on the Internet, on Youtube
> on the phone, on Facebook
> on the bus, on the train
> on Independence Day > on the plane, on the subway
> on time > on page 43, on the menu
Theory and examples borrowed from http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/prepositions.htm