Preparation Task

• Which preposition best suit in the following

sentences? Decide!
1. He goes to school (at/on/in) Monday
2. My friend is going to visit me (at/on/in) June
3. I will read this book (at/on/in) 2.00 PM
4. I graduated (at/on/in) 2020
5. Fidel lives (at/in/on) Manggarai
 Prepositions of Time: at, in, on
At In On

MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG

PRECISE TIME PERIODS DAYS and DATES

at 3 o'clock in May on Sunday

at 10.30am in summer on Tuesdays
at noon in the summer on 6 March
at dinnertime in 1990 on 25 Dec. 2010
at bedtime in the 1990s on Christmas Day
at sunrise in the next century on Independence Day
at sunset in the Ice Age on my birthday
at the moment in the past/future on New Year's Eve
 Prepositions of Time: at, in, on
In On

in the morning on Tuesday morning

in the mornings on Saturday mornings

in the afternoon(s) on Sunday afternoons
in the evening(s) on Monday evening

Expression Example
at night* The stars shine at night.

at the weekend* I don't usually work at the weekend.

at Christmas*/Easter I stay with my family at Christmas.

at the same time We finished the test at the same time.
at present He's not home at present. Try later.
 Prepositions of Time: at, in, on
• When we say last, next, every, this we do not
also use at, in, on.
– I went to London last June. (not in last June)
– He's coming back next Tuesday. (not on next
Tuesday)
– I go home every Easter. (not at every Easter)
– We'll call you this evening. (not in this evening)
 Prepositions of Time: for, since
• We use for when we measure time (seconds,
minutes, hours, days, months, years).
– He held his breath for seven minutes.
She's lived there for seven years.
The British and Irish have been quarreling for seven
centuries.
• We use since with a specific date or time.
– He's worked here since 1970.
She's been sitting in the waiting room since two-
thirty.
 Prepositions of Place: at, in, on
At In On

POINT ENCLOSED SPACE SURFACE

at the corner in the garden on the wall

at the bus stop in London on the ceiling
at the door in France on the door
at the top of the in a box on the cover
page
at the end of the
in my pocket on the floor
road
at the entrance in my wallet on the carpet
at the crossroads in a building on the menu
at the front desk in a car on a page
 Prepositions of Place: at, in, on
At In On

at home in a car on a bus

at work in a taxi on a train

at school in a helicopter on a plane
at university in a boat on a ship
at college in a lift (elevator) on a bicycle, on a motorbike
at the top in the newspaper on a horse, on an elephant
at the bottom in the sky on the radio, on television
at the side in a row on the left, on the right
at reception in Oxford Street on the way
 Prepositions of Place: at, in, on
• We use at for specific addresses.
– Grammar English lives at 55 Boretz Road in Durham.

• We use on to designate names of streets, avenues, etc.

– Her house is on Boretz Road.

• And we use in for the names of land-areas (towns,

counties, states, countries, and continents).
– She lives in Durham.
Durham is in Windham County.
Windham County is in Connecticut.
 EXERCISE
Fill in the blank by using “in, on, at or no
preposition (Ø)”
1. I'll see you … Sunday.
• A. At
• B. In
• C. On
• D. Ø
2. We usually go … the evening.
• A. Ø
• B. In
• C. On
• D. At
3. I always meet you … noon.
• A. At
• B. Ø
• C. On
• D. At
4. My mother goes to market …every morning.
A. In
B. Ø
C. On
D. At
5. We have a long holiday … the summer.
A. In
B. Ø
C. On
D. At
6. We traveled overnight to Paris and arrived … 5
o'clock … in the morning
A. At – at
B. In – Ø
C. At – Ø
D. At – on
7. My car is being prepared at the garage. I will
be ready … two hours.
A. At
B. In
C. Ø
D. On
8. She lives … Australia
A. On
B. In
C. At
D. Ø
9. Maria and I will meet tomorrow … university
A. On
B. In
C. At
D. Ø
10. The picture is hanging … wall
A. On
B. In
C. At
D. Ø
11. Please don't disturb. I am … my duty
A. At
B. On
C. Ø
D. In
12. There is water … the bottle
A. In
B. At
C. On
D. Ø
13. There is a label … the bottle
A. In
B. On
C. At
D. Ø
14. Janet was born … Rochester … December
22nd 1987
A. In – in
B. On – at
C. In – on
D. At – in
15. … July for example, they often go to the
countryside.
A. On
B. At
C. In
D. Ø