This document provides examples of using prepositions of time and place in English. It discusses using in for periods of time, on for specific days or dates, and at for clock times or specific points. It also discusses using in for locations, on for surfaces, and at for addresses or familiar places. The document gives rules and examples for prepositions of time, location, and movement when used with verbs and locations. It includes a gap fill exercise for readers to practice.

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PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
AND PLACE

2. BASIC PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

3. GENERAL RULES
FOR IN, ON, AT + LOCATION
In + length of
time
•Month
•Year
•Season
•Century
+ period of time
(in 2 days)
On + a more
specific time
At + most
specific point
in time
•Clock time
•Day
•Date

4. exact time at
3 o’clock
midnight
the moment
days and
dates
on
Monday
4th July
my birthday
Christmas day
periods in
March
summer
1997
the ’60s
the morning / afternoon / evening
exceptions at
weekends / the weekend
Christmas / Easter
night

5. COMPLETE THE GAPS
• I arrived __ 8 pm.
• What did you do __ Easter?
• __ summer they go to the sea.
• We saw him __ Thursday.
• Did you see her __the last week?
• It was __ the morning.
• They study __ night.
• We finished __ the same time.
• I sometimes go to the cinema ___ weekends.
• I stayed at home ____ my birthday.
• My mother’s birthday is ___ the 4th of August.

6. PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE AND MOVEMENT

7. IN, ON, AT … THREE LITTLE WORDS…
THREE BIG HEADACHES
In, on, at + location
In (inside)
On (on the surface,
touching)
At (physically
present, but not
necessarily inside)

8. GENERAL RULES
In +
•A room
•A city
•A state
•A country
•A continent
On +
•Floor
•Street
At +
•Buildings
•Events
•Address
•Familiar
places (home,
school, work)

9. verbs preposition + home
place
be / stay /
work
at / in be at home
starting and
stopping
leave - leave - home
arrive at / in arrive - home
movement
go / drive /
walk
to go - home
Prepositions with some verbs

10. COMPLETE THE GAPS
• We went __ home.
• She walked __ work.
• My husband is ___ work now.
• The bus left __ the station.
• She arrived __ Rome.
• They live ___ the United States.
• They came back __ home.
• Did you stay __ home?
• We stayed __ a hotel.
• Do they live __ Italy?
• He is ____ room 104.