PREPOSITION OF TIME

1. UNACH
LANGUAGES SCHOOL
GRAMAR V
Jennifer Flores
Diana mendoza

2. PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

3. AT
• the word "at" is a preposition. A preposition is, in a sense, a connector. It
connects words together. When you use the word "at" in a sentence you
should notice that it smoothly connects the other words that are around it.

4. Clock times, points of time in the day:
At nine o´clock
at 6.35; at midnight,
at noon,
at dawn,
at lunch time,
at dinner time,
at night.

5. Weekends and holidays periods:
• At the weekend,
• at weekends,
• at Christmas,
• at Easter.

6. Points in time:
• At Ramadan,
• at the beginning,
• at the end,
• at last,
• at the moment,
• at present,
• at the time,
• at times.

7. IN
• The main parts of the day:
• In the morning,
• in the afternoon,
• in the evening.

8. • Months, years, seasons, centuries.
• In March,
• in 1999,
• in the autumn,
• in the twentieth century.

9. • Events which will happen at the end of a period:
• I´ll be back until in an hour. (Wrong)
• I´ll be back in an hour.
• In the beginning in the end.
• In the night, in the evening, in the day.

10. ON
• Specific dates and days.
• On august 8,
• on Tuesday,
• on Wednesday,
• on weekdays,
• on new year´s day,
• on Christmas day,
• on the day of departure/ arrival on Wednesday morning,
• on a fine sunny day.

11. EXERCISES
Choose the correct answer in on at or x if you don´t need a preposition
• He was born 1991.
• Did you see her today.
• It will be ready eight months.
• I have to speak to the boss lunchtime.
• It was sunny my birthday.
• What's on the TV midnight.
in
X
in
on
at
at

12. EXERCISES II
• The train leaves ___ five minutes, hurry up.
at in on
• I can't sleep ___ night these days.
at in on
• I go to sleep ____ night.
at in on
• Kim was born ____ 1981.
at in on
• We wear warm clothes ____ winter.
at in on

13. EXERCISES III
Identify if this statements are correct
• I went to London in last June.
• He's coming back on next Tuesday.
I go home every Easter.
• We'll call you in this evening.
I went to London last June.
He's coming back next Tuesday.
We'll call you this evening