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