UNIDAD IV           PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

epositions 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

• Try an exercise about prepositions of time here
• Try another exercise about time prepositions here
• Click here for all exercises about preposit
  
  

Put in the correct preposition (choose in / on / at). If no preposition is needed put in -.

1) There was a loud noise which woke us up  midnight. [ . ]
2) Do you usually eat chocolate eggs  Easter? [ . ]
3) What are you doing  the weekend? [ . ]
4)  last week I worked until 9pm  every night. [ . ][ . ]
5) My father always reads the paper  breakfast time. [ . ]
6) She plays tennis  Fridays. [ . ]
7) The trees here are really beautiful  the spring. [ . ]
8) I'll see you  Tuesday afternoon then. [ . ]
9) Shakespeare died  1616. [ . ]
10) She studies  every day. [ . ]