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TIME PLACE

centuries, decades, years,


months, weeks, seasons, parts of the day IN continents, countries, cities
enclosed spaces, buildings
rooms
in the morning GENERAL
in July
in the kitchen
in the 20th century
in the car/park/museum/supermarket
in 2020
in London

ON
street, avenues
specific days, dates, holidays, the weekend
surfaces
on Mondays
on June 9th
means of transport & communication
on New Year's Day on the floor
on the weekend on the bus
on the radio

specific time, hours, festival periods


at night
at 7am
AT
SPECIFIC
address
specific locations
in the museum/station
at Christmas
MEANS OF TRANSPORT
ON
large vehicles which you can stand and walk around in (a bus, an airplane, a train, a
metro/subway car, a cruise ship, a boat).

smaller vehicles which require you to sit on a seat with one leg on each side, and which
typically have handlebars (a motorcyle, a scooter, a bicycle, an ATV, a snowmobile, a unicycle).

IN Use "in" for (usually) smaller vehicles or crafts that you have to enter and sit in (a car, a
taxi, a truck, a helicopter, a canoe, a kayak, a small boat, a carriage, a rickshaw).

BY Use "by" for almost all forms of transportation to mention how you traveled somewhere
(Example: "Is it cheaper to travel there by car or by train?

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