Unit

103 at 8 o'clock on Monday in April

at

8 o'clock O I start work at 8 o'clock.

at 10.30 O TTie shops close at 5.30.
midnight etc.

on

Sunday(s) / Monday(s) etc. O Bye! I'll see you on Friday.

on 25 April / 6 June etc O W hat do you usually do on
New Year's Day etc Sundays?
O The concert is on 22 November.

in

April/June etc I'm going on holiday in October.

in 2013/1988 e tc Emma was born in 1995.
summer/spring etc. The park is beautiful in spring.

We say:

at the weekend Are you going away at the weekend?

at night I can't sleep at night.
at Christm as Where will you be at Christmas? (but on Christmas Day)
at the end of ... I'm going on holiday at the end of October.
at the moment Are you busy at the moment?

in the morning / in the afternoon / in the evening

O I always feel good in the morning.
□ Do you often go out in the evening?
but
on Monday morning / on Tuesday afternoon / on Friday evening / on Saturday night etc
O I'm meeting Jackie on Monday morning.
O Are you doing anything on Saturday night?

We do not use at/on/in before:

this ... (this morning / this week e tc)
last ... (last August / last week e tc)
n e x t... (next Monday / next week etc.)
every ... (every day / every week etc.)
O Are you going out this evening?
O We go on holiday every summer. Last summ er we
went to Canada.
O I'm leaving next Monday.
(not on next Monday)

in five minutes / in a few days / in six weeks / in two years etc.

O Hurry! The train leaves in five minutes.

(= it leaves five minutes from now)
j Bye! I'll see you in a few days.
(= a few days from now)

now in five minutes

216 ( in/on/at (places) -» Units 106-107

Exercises
m m Write at/on/in.
.on.. .6 June on .24 September 13 on Friday morning
in . the evening on Thursday 14 on Saturday night
in . half past two 9 ......at .11.45 15 at night
on . Wednesday 10 .....on . Christmas Day 16 at the end of the day
in .2007 11 ......at Christmas 17 at
.................the weekend
6 in September 12 in the morning 18 in winter

H Q P Write at/on/in.
1 Bye! See y o u on Friday. 11 I often go aw ay at the weekend.
2 Where were y o u on 28 February? 12 I'm starting my new jo b on
.................3 July.
3 I got u p at 8 o'clock this morning. 13 We often go to the b each in summer.
4 I like getting up early in the morning. at the moment.
14 George isn't here................
5 M y sister got m arried in May. in December.
15 Jane's birthday is .................
6 in
Jessica and I first m e t................... 2006. 16 Do you w o rk on Saturdays?
7 on
Did you go o u t ...............Tuesday? 17 The company started in 1999.
8 on
Did you go o u t ...............Tuesday evening? at night.
18 I like to look at the stars................
9 Do you often go o u t in the evening? at the end of
19 I'll send you the m o ney.................
10 Let's m e et at 7.30 tom orrow evening. the month.

Look at Lisa's diary for next week and complete the sentences.

Lisa is going to the cinem a on.W adnasday eyenjng..

on Friday
She has to phone C h ris..................................................................
on Monday
She isn't doing anything special.................................................
at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday
She's got a driving lesson...............................................................
on Saturday evening
She's going to a p arty.......................................................................
at 2.30 on Tuesday
She's meeting S a m .............................................................................

Write sentences with in . . . .

1 It's 8.25 now. The train leaves at 8.30. The train laavas in fiva minutes.
2 It's Monday today. I'll call you on Thursday. call you in 3 . days.
3 Today is 14 June. M y exam is on 28 June. M y ... examis in 14 days.
4 It's 3 o'clock now. Tom will be here at 3.30. Tom .will be here in 30 minutes.

Write at/on/in if necessary. Sometimes the sentence is already complete, and no word is
necessary.
1 I'm going on ...... Friday. 7 in the weekend?
W hat are you doing..............
2 I'm going z........next Friday, (already complete) 8 I phone Rob ert - every Sunday.
3 I always feel tire d the in evening. 9 Shall we play tennis - next Sunday?
.

4 Will you be at h o m e - this evening? 10 I can't go to the p arty on Sunday.

5 We went to France - last summer. 11 I'm going out. I'll be b ack in an hour.
6 in 1997.
Laura was b o rn ................. 12 at
I don't often go o u t ................night.