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We use:

 AT for a PRECISE TIME or PLACE


 IN for MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS
 ON for DAYS and DATES
For example:
Place: AT home, AT the cinema, AT the door, AT university (meaning it is by the
door or next to it)
--- Time: AT 12 o clock, AT night
Place: IN the kitchen, IN my room, IN the picture (meaning inside the place)
------------ Time: IN 2001, IN the last two years…, IN the past few months… IN the
morning
Place: ON Santa Fe street, there´s a painting ON the wall, the book ON the top, ON
the left, the puppy is ON the sofa (used for smt with physical touch w/ something
OR something holding smt ) --------------Time: ON Wednesday, ON December 24th,
ON my birthday

1. Choose the correct prepositions: "Let's meet _______ midday _______


Saturday."
at, at
in, on
at, on
2. Choose the correct prepositions: "The manager isn't here _______ present, but
she'll be back _______ half an hour."
at, in
at, at
in, in
3. Which are correct? "You won't be working _______ Saturday nights _______ the
future, will you?"
at, in
on, in
on, at
4. Which are correct? "I'm busy _______ moment, but I'll be free ______ evening."
at the, in this
in the, at this
at the, this

1. Can you come on Monday?


2. It rains a lot in winter.
3. My birthday is on the 6th of May.
4. I usually get up at half past eight.
5. I will meet her in two months.
6. We usually have lunch at one.
7. We've got English on Thursday.
8. My grandfather died in 1987.
9. Paul isn't here at the moment.
10. I'll be back in ten minutes.
11. I'm going to Italy in a week.
12. Come and see us on Christmas Day.

Libro p. 18 ST de review
Complete with at, in, or ON
1 The meeting is ___ March 13th. ON
2 Where's Mum? She's __ the kitchen. IN
3 He was born _ __ 1989. IN
4 Where's the dictionary? It's ___ the shelf in my room. ON
5 Mark 's not back yet- he's still ___ school. AT
6 It's a very quiet town, especially ___ night. AT
7 We went ___holiday to Malta last year.

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