TIME PREPOSITIONS

 

Prepositions of Time

In, at, on and no preposition with time words:

Prepositions of time - here's a list of the time words that need 'on', 'in', 'at' and some that don't need any preposition. Be careful - many students of English use 'on' with months (it should be 'in'), or put a preposition before 'next' when we don't need one.

at	times: at 8pm, at midnight, at 6:30 holiday periods: at Christmas, at Easter at night at the weekend at lunchtime, at dinnertime, at breakfast time
on	days: on Monday, on my birthday, on Christmas Day days + morning / afternoon / evening / night: on Tuesday morning dates: on the 20th of June
in	years: in 1992, in 2006 months: in December, in June decades: in the sixties, in the 1790s centuries: in the 19th century seasons: in winter, in summer in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening
no prep	next week, year, month etc last night, year etc this morning, month etc every day, night, years etc today, tomorrow, yesterday

 

 

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Complete the sentences below by choosing the correct prepositions, then press "Check" to check your answers.

1. Jane is arriving atinNO PREPonuntil January 26 atinNO PREPonuntil 2 o'clock atinNO PREPonuntil the afternoon.

2. It snows here every year atinNO PREPonuntil December. We always go outside and play in the snow atinNO PREPonuntil Christmas day.

3. Michael is leaving atinNO PREPonuntil Friday atinNO PREPonuntil noon.

4. Frankie started working for her law firm atinNO PREPonuntil 1995.

5. Franklin began working on the project atinNO PREPonuntil yesterday.

6. Normally, atinNO PREPonuntil New Year's Eve, it's tradition to kiss the one you love atinNO PREPonuntil midnight.

7 Don't be ridiculous; there were no telephones atinNO PREPonuntil the seventeenth century! The telephone was invented atinNO PREPonuntil the 1870s.

8. The plane leaves atinNO PREPonuntil tomorrow morning atinNO PREPonuntil 8:00 AM.

9. The hills here are covered with wildflowers atinNO PREPonuntil early spring.

10. We met at the restaurant atinNO PREPonuntil 6:30 and stayed atinNO PREPonuntil 10:30.