at, in, on

preposiciones de tiempo

at se usa con:
1 horas / momentos puntuales del día
at half past three
at eleven o’clock
at lunchtime
at midnight
2 periodos de vacaciones oficiales
at Easter
on se usa con:
at Christmas 1 días de la semana
3 expresiones varias on Monday
at night on Saturday night
at the beginning/end of … on Friday afternoon
at the weekend 2 fechas concretas
at the moment on 20th May
at present on Christmas Day
on Mother’s Day
on my birthday

in se usa con:
1 partes del día (excepto night)
in the morning/afternoon/evening
2 meses
in July
3 estaciones
in winter/spring/summer/autumn
4 años
in 1981
5 siglos
in the 21st century

 Cuando la expresión de tiempo va precedidad de last, next o every, no

se usa ninguna preposición.
Last summer we didn’t go on holiday.
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I’ll see you next Friday.

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Ejercicio 1 Completa las oraciones con la preposición correcta.

1 The match starts ________ 5 o’clock.

2 I am sure I will finish my report ________ Sunday.
3 My wife was born in New York ________ 1970.
4 One of the best times to visit London is ________ Christmas.
5 My brother will arrive from Granada ________ Saturday morning.
6 I always receive a lot of presents ________ my birthday.
7 In Liverpool it is very cold ________ the winter.
8 Napoleon lived ________ the 19th century.
9 We can go to the beach ________ the weekend.
10 I usually get up ________ half past six.
11 I usually feel very tired ________ night.
12 The European Cup Final will take place ________ 25 May.
13 I prefer to play tennis ________ the mornings.
14 Fred started working in this company ________ September.
15 We can go to Plaza Mayor ________ Saturday evening.
16 We always go to the pub next door ________ lunchtime.
17 In Britain it is a tradition to open your presents ________ Christmas
Day.
18 The Olympic Games took place in Barcelona ________ 1992.
19 ________ summer, La Carihuela is full of tourists.
20 ________ the 20th century there were two world wars.
21 My English teacher was born ________ 1962.
22 The first time I went to London, I arrived ________ two o’clock
________ the morning.
23 Hopefully we will finish 1º Bachillerato ________ June.
24 My family usually goes to mass ________ every Sunday morning.
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