PREPOSITIONS OF TIME (AT- ON- IN)

AT

We use AT with specific times (hour/minutes)

I get up at 7 o’clock
My English Class starts at 7:15pm.
She finishes work at 6.15 pm

Midnight and midday is a specific hour wich is why we use AT

12 am midnight
12 pm midday

We use AT for a holiday period of two or more days.

Do you normally get together with your relatives at Christmas?

Did you get a lot of chocolate at Easter?

ON

We use ON for specific days and dates

I will return it to you on Wednesday.

They got married on Friday the 13th.
We get paid on the 20th of every month.
I drank too much milk on New Year’s eve.

REMEMBER for dates we use ordinal numbers.

Ex: the first of September (not the one of September)

IN

We use IN for specific moths, years, seasons, centuries and lenghts of time

My birthday is in January.

My grandmother was born in 1943.

The river near my house is dry in Summer.

The Company was founded in the 19th century.

We need to have this report ready in 15 minutes.

The New Zealand National day is in February.

The New Zealand National day is on February 6th.

THE WEEKEND

Where did you go on the weekend? (American English)

Where did you go at the weekend? (British English)

No usar IN/ON/AT

Today, Tomorrow, yesterday, this morning, tonight, last, next, every.