Prepositions of time
AT
- Clock times: at 7.30 a.m. /at
5 o’clock
- Festivals: at Christmas /at
Easter
- Exceptions: at night /at the
weekend, at the end of__, at the
beginning of, at the moment, at
that time, at the same time,…
- Chỉ một cột mốc thời gian
cụ thể, chính xác như giờ
đồng hồ, các bữa ăn trong
ngày: at breakfast, at lunch, at
dinner ,
- Các thời điểm trong ngày at
midday, at midnight, at at
night, at bedtime, at sunset, at
sunrise.
- Độ tuổi: at the age of
 Lưu ý: Không dùng giới từ chỉ thời gian “at, on, in” trước các từ “all, each, every, some,
last, next, this, today, tomorrow, yesterday”.
IN
- Months: in January /in April
- Years: in 1984,in 2015
- Seasons: in spring,in winter
- Centuries: in the 20th
century
- Times of day: in the
morning,in the evening
- Longer periods of time: in
the past,in the 1990s,in the
holidays
- Kỳ nghỉ cụ thể: in the
summer holidays
- Chỉ khoảng thời gian phải
mất để hoàn thành việc gì đó:
Jenny did her exercise in 10
minutes.
ON
- Days of the week: on
Monday
- Days + parts of days: on
Tuesday afternoon,on Saturday
mornings
- Dates: on November 22nd
- Special days: on my birthday,
on New Year’s Eve
- Chỉ một ngày trong kỳ nghỉ:
on Christmas Day.
Put in the correct prepositions
1. I finish school early _______________ Wednesdays.
2. Are you going to work _______________ the summer holidays?
3. I only ever see my cousins _______________ Christmas.
4. ___________ the past, you couldn’t buy such a variety of different foods.
5. What shall we do _______________ the weekend?
6. Mobile phones were invented _______________ the 80s.
7. My exam is _______________ 7th June.
8. I’m having my first guitar lesson _______________ Friday afternoon.
9. We always go on holiday in ________________________ summer.
10. My mother usually goes shopping ________________________. Friday morning.
11. I always do my homework ________________________ the evening.
12. The circus usually comes to our town ________________________ spring.
13. Sophia’s birthday is ________________________ May 6th.
14. I usually get up _______________________ seven o’clock.
15. My favorite television programme begins________________ 6:30________________ the
evening.
16. Sometimes it snows _______________________winter.
17. My friend’s birthday is ________________________ June.
18. Columbos discovered America________________________1492
19. You can see the stars ________________________ night, if the sky is clear.
20. Tom isn't here ___________________the moment. He'll be back ________________ five
minutes.
21. The course begins __________________ 7 January and ends ____________________ 10 March.
22. Tom's grandmother died _____________________ 1977 __________________ the age of 79
23. The price of electricity is going up _______________________October.
24. Ann works hard during the week, so she likes to relax ___________________weekends.
25. I can't be at home ____________the morning. Can you phone me _________ the afternoon
instead?
26. Jack's brother is an engineer but he's out of work ________________________ the moment.
27. _______________ Sunday afternoons I usually go for a walk in the country.
28. Tom doesn't see his parents very often these days- usually only ____________ Christmas and
sometimes________________________the summer for a few days.
29. The telephone and the doorbell rang ______________________ the same time.
30. Students haven't got any lessons ____________________the weekends.