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We use at:
The helicopter took off at midday and headed for the island.
At the New Year, millions of people travel home to be with their families (but we say on your
birthday).
What time are you leaving? (preferred to At what time are you leaving?)
We use on:
with dates:
The office is closed on Fridays. (every Friday) In informal situations, we often leave out on before
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We use in:
I’ll come and see you in the morning for a cup of coffee, okay?
with months:
with years:
with seasons:
The garden is wonderful in the spring when all the flowers come out.
At or on ?
We use at to talk about public holidays and weekends, but when we talk about a particular special day
or weekend, we use on.
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We never go away at the New Year On New Year’s Day, the whole family
because the traffic is awful. gets together.
I’ll go and see my mother at the The folk festival is always held on the
weekend if the weather’s okay. last weekend in July.
In or on ?
We use in with morning, afternoon, evening and night, but we use on when we talk about a specific
morning, afternoon, etc., or when we describe the part of the day.
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I always work best in the morning. I The ship left the harbour on the
often get tired in the afternoon. morning of the ninth of November.
At or in ?
In the night usually refers to one particular night; at night refers to any night in general:
I was awake in the night, thinking about all the things that have happened.
We use at the end (often with of) to talk about the point in time where something finishes. We use in the
end to talk about things that happen after a long time or after a series of other events:
I looked everywhere for the book but couldn’t find it, so in the end I bought a new copy.
We use at the beginning (often with of) to talk about the point where something starts. We usually use
in the beginning when we contrast two situations in time:
At the beginning of every lesson, the teacher told the children a little story.
In the beginning, nobody understood what was happening, but after she explained everything very
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clearer.
At
We use an apostrophe -s construction (in a year’s time, in two months’ time) to say when something will
happen. We don’t use it to say how long someone takes to do something:
I won’t say goodbye because we’ll be seeing each other again in three days’ time. We can also say
in three days, without time, in this example.
We don’t normally use at, on or in before time expressions beginning with each, every, next, last, some,
this, that, one, any, all:
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The two couples were married in two different cities on the same day, 25 years ago.
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Above
After
Against
At
Below
Beyond
By + myself etc.
During
For
For + -ing
From
In front of
In, into
Of
On, onto
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Prepositions
To
Under
Until
With
Within
Without
+ Using English
+ Verbs
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