Prepositions of time:in/on/at

Level: Beginner-Intermediate

The prepositions at, in and on are often used in English to talk about times.

Here are some examples of their usage:

At

Specific Time:
Example:
at 7 o’clock
at midnight
at noon

Holiday Period:
Example:
at Christmas
at Easter

Meal Time:
at lunchtime
at dinnertime

Expressions:
at present
at the moment
at night

In

Months:
in April
in May

Seasons:
in summer
in winter

Years:
in 1990
in 2020

Decade:
in the 50s
in the 70s

Centuries:
in the 18th century

Long Periods:
in the present
in the past
in the ice age

Parts of the day:
in the morning
in the afternoon
in the evening

On

Days:
on Tuesday
on my birthday
on Halloween

Dates:
on 15th of August
on May 4th
on our wedding

Parts of a day:
on Monday morning
on Saturday evening

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