Time prepositions at, on, in - exercises

• At: is used before then time (hour). Ex: at 4:00 o'clock., at 6:30 pm.

But we have some exceptions, we say: at ( sunshine, sunset, noon, night...)

• On: is used before the days and dates. Ex: On Monday, on november 5th.

Exceptions, we say: On ( the weekend, weekday...).

• In: is used before the month, years, and seasons. Ex: in December, in 1999, in the winter.

Exceptions, we say: in the (afternoon, morning, evening...).

• We do not use at/on/in before last/next/this/every: I’ll see you next Friday. (not on next Friday) They got married last June.

• We say that something will happen in a few minutes / in six months etc. : The train will be leaving in a few minutes. (= a few minutes from now) Andy has gone away. He’ll be back in a week. (= a week from now) They’ll be here in a moment. (= a moment from now, very soon) We also use in … to say how long it takes to do something: I learnt to drive in four weeks. (= it took me four weeks to learn).

• We do not use at/on/in before last/next/this/every: I’ll see you next Friday. (not on next Friday) They got married last June.

• We use at before these expressions: at the moment / at the minute / at present / at this time (= now): Can we talk later? I’m busy at the moment.

• At the same time Kate and I arrived at the same time.

• At the weekends / at weekends (or on the weekend / on weekends in American English): Will you be here at the weekend? (or … on the weekend).

• At Christmas (but on Christmas Day) Do you give each other presents at Christmas?

• At night (= during nights in general), in the night (= during a particular night): I don’t like working at night. but I was woken up by a noise in the night.

• We also use in … to say how long it takes to do something: I learnt to drive in four weeks. (= it took me four weeks to learn).

1. Choose the correct time preposition: at, on, in

2. Match the correct time prepositions: in, at, on

3. Use the correct prepositions of time: on, in ,at

4. At, on, in: prepositions of time

5. Prepositions of time: at, on, in

6. Prepositions of time: exercises