This document provides examples of places and times that are commonly used with the prepositions "at", "on", and "in". For the preposition "at", places include locations like school, work or home, and times include specific times of day or periods like festivals. For "on", places include modes of transportation and surfaces, and times include dates and days of the week. For "in", places include countries, cities, rooms and buildings, as well as closed spaces, and times include months, seasons, years and periods within a day except for night.

1. AT ON IN
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2. AT
• PLACE
School, University,
home, work
The airport, the
station, a bus
stop, a party, the
door
• TIME
Times: six o’clock,
half past two, 7.45
Festival periods:
Christmas, Easter
Night, the weekend

3. ON
• PLACE
Transport: a bike, a
bus, a train a
plane, a ship, a car
A surface:
The floor, a table, a
shelf, the balcony,
the roof, the wall
• TIME
Dates; 1st March
Days: Tuesday, New
Year’s Day,
Valentine’s Day

4. IN
• PLACE
Countries and cities:
France, Paris
Rooms: the kitchen
Buildings: a shop, a
museum
Closed spaces: a
park, a garden
The car
• TIME
Months: February,
June…
Seasons: (the) winter
Years: 2011
Times of day
The morning, the
evening, the
afternoon (not
night)