Prepositions of time: on, in, at

Prepositions of place

on / in / at

Re on in-at from Ana Arias Castro

Prepositions of time

On, in and at are the three most common prepostions of time. These are the rules for using them correctly:

ON

• days of the week: Sunday, Wednesday
• dates : 5th October 2015
• specific dates: Christmas day
• parts of a day: Sunday morning, Wednesday evening

IN

• months: July, December
• the four seasons: (the) spring, summer, autumn, winter
• years: 2014, 2053, 1833
• parts of the day: the morning, the afternoon, the evening

AT

• night
• the weekend
• Christmas, Easter
• times: 5 o'clock, 9:45
• the moment
• present

MORE PRACTICE:

• Grammar sheet
• Exercise 1
• Exercise 2

ESL / EFL prepositions of time: on, in, at

On, in and at are the most important prepositions of time as they are frquently used in every day communication.
This chart contains the most common cases that you should learn:

If you want to download it, here you are the link.
An this is the Hot Potatoes exercise that you may try in order to check if you know how to use them.

Prepositions of time: ON-IN-AT - Hot Potatoes exercise

This is a new Hot Potatoes exercise for you to text if you have already learnt how to use these commonly used prepositions.