11/25/2021

TIME

AT ON IN
IN / ON / AT
Long periods
T he time of the day Days and dates
(years, months, seasons)

in october
at 5 o’clock on friday in the winter
at 11:45 on tuesdays in 1968
at night on july 19th in the 70s
at midnight on 12 march 1991 in the 18th century
at lunchtime on christmas day in the middle ages
at sunset on my birthday
PREPOSICIO NE S DE TIEMPO in the past
in the future

2
WE DON’T USE AT - ON - IN BEFORE LAST/NEXT/
THIS/EVERY

I’ll see you next Friday (not ‘on next Friday’)

They got married last March

WE SAY…
in the morning in the afternoon in the evening
but…
on Friday morning(s) on Sunday afternoon(s) on Tuesday evening(s)

IN – A TIME IN THE FUTURE

in a few minutes (=a few minutes from now on)
in a week (=a week from now)
in six months’ time (=in six months)
3

1
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COMMON
EXPRESSIONS EXERCISE
I don’t like going out at night
My boss is busy at the moment
She’s studying and watching T.V. at the same time
I do exercise in the morning
I usually go out on Saturday evenings
Be on time
W e arrived just in time
The pandemia started at the beggining of March
My birthday is in 3 months 5

6
EXERCISE EXERCISE 2

On Sundays
At night
In the evening
on 21 July 1969
an the same time
in the 1920’s
in about 20 minutes
at the moment
on Christmas
In the middle ages
in 11 seconds
7

2
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EXERCISE 2 EXERCISE 3

10
9

AT THE END VS IN THE END EXERCISE 4

12
11