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Links - liens : prepositions
Prépositions at
on in (time)
Examples
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They arrived at 8.30.
They arrived on Sunday.
They arrived in June. / They
arrived in 1998.
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at
: for a time of a day |
at 5
o'clock |
at
midday |
at
lunchtime |
at Xmas |
at
sunset |
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on
: for days and dates |
on
Friday /
on
Fridays |
on 19
November 1994 |
on Xmas
Day |
on my
birthday |
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in
:
for
months, years, seasons |
in
October |
in
1998 |
in
(the) winter |
in the
1950's |
in the
Middle Ages |
in the
past |
in
(the) future |
in the
past |
We use
at in these expressions …
at
night… |
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at night : I don't like going
out at night. |
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at the weekend / at weekends :
I' ll be there at the weekend. |
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at Christmas : Do you have a
lot of presents at Christmas ? |
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at the moment / at present :
He is quite busy at the moment / at present |
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at
the same time : Jessie and I left at the same time. |
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in the evening … |
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on Friday …. |
We say...
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in the morning(s) : I'll come in the
morning |
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on Friday morning(s)
: See you on Friday morning. |
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in the afternoon(s)
: He used to rest in the afternoon. |
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on Sunday afternoon(s)
: There's a play on Sunday afternoon |
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in the evening(s) : I don't work in
the evening. |
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on Monday evening(s) : I saw them on
Monday evening. |
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I'll
see you next Friday (not "on next Friday")
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They got married last May.
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I'll
see her on Sunday <=> I'll see her
Sunday
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The train will leave
in a
few seconds.
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I'll be back home
in a few
months.
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They are getting married
in
a month's time. / or /…in a month.
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I
learnt how to drive in six
months => It took me six months to learn.
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