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Module # 9
We use IN for MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES We use IN for an ENCLOSED SPACE and
and LONG PERIODS GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS
> in July > in the garden
> in winter > in Manchester
I > in the summer > in England
N > in 2013 > in a box
> in the 1980s > in my pocket
> in the next century > in my wallet
> in the Stone Age > in a building
> in the past / future > in a car
We use ON for a SURFACE and PUBLIC
We use ON for DAYS and DATES
TRANSPORT
> on Saturday > on the wall
> on Mondays > on the ceiling
O > on 11 July > on the door
N > on 23 March 2013 > on the cover
> on Christmas Day > on the floor
> on my birthday > on the carpet
> on Independence Day > on the menu
> on New Year's Eve > on a page
IN ON
Parts of the day: in AT
the morning, afternoon,
evening. Days of the week: Monday,
Tuesday morning … Times: three o’clock,
Months: January,
midday, midnight.
February… Dates: the 12th of July, my
birthday, Christmas Day … Special occasions:
Years: 2001, 2002
Christmas, Easter,
New Year.
Seasons: summer,
winter, autumn, spring.
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at in on
PRECISE MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG DAYS and DATES
TIME PERIODS
I have a meeting at 9am.
The shop closes at midnight.
Jane went home at lunchtime.
In England, it often snows in December.
Do you think we will go to Jupiter in the future?
There should be a lot of progress in the next century.
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Do you work on Mondays?
Her birthday is on 20 November.
Where will you be on New Year's Day?
Notice the use of the preposition of time at in the following standard expressions:
Expression Example
*Note that in some varieties of English people say "on the weekend" and "on Christmas".
In On
When we say last, next, every, this we do not also use at, in, on.
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1. Choose the correct prepositions: "Let's meet _at______ midday ___on____ Saturday."
at, at
in, on
at, on
2. Choose the correct prepositions: "The manager isn't here __at_____ present, but she'll be back ___in____
half an hour."
at, in
at, at
in, in
3. Which are correct? "You won't be working __on_____ Saturday nights ____in___ the future, will you?"
at, in
on, in
on, at
4. Which are correct? "I'm busy ___at the____ moment, but I'll be free __this____ evening."
at the, in this
in the, at this
at the, this
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x 3. The train leaves …at…….. half past seven …in…… the morning.
Write at/on/in.
1. ……on………… 9 March.
3. ………on……… Friday.
4. ……in………… 1999.
5. ………at……… Christmas.
9. ……in……….. autumn.
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