GRAMMAR

REVISION
GRAMMAR FOCUS

PREPOSITION
1. Prepositions of Time: at, in and on
At:
at + particular time: dawn, midday, noon, night,
midnight, nine o'clock etc.. e.g. at dawn.
at + the + a particular time in a week/month/year:
start/end of the week/month/year, weekend. e.g. at the
start of July.
at + calendar festival season: Christmas, New Year,
Easter etc.. e.g. at Easter.
at + meal: breakfast, lunch, mid-morning, tea, dinner,
supper etc.. e.g. at breakfast.
On:

on + day of the week: Monday, Tuesday,

Wednesday etc. e.g. on Thursday.
on + particular part of a day: Friday morning,
Saturday afternoon. e.g. on Sunday evening.
on + particular date: 25 July 2001, 4 January.
e.g. on 19 March.
on + calendar festival day: Christmas Day, Palm
Sunday. e.g. on Easter Sunday.
In:
in + the + a part of a day: the morning, the afternoon,
evening. e.g. in the afternoon.
in + month: January, February, March, April, May etc..
e.g. in June.
in + season of the year: Spring, Summer, Autumn. e.g. in
Winter.
in + specific year: 1988, 1989, 1990 etc.. e.g. in 1999.
in + the + a specific century: nineteenth century. e. g. in
the twentieth century.
in + historical period of time: the Dark Ages, Pre-
historic Times. e.g. in the Middle Ages.
No preposition is used if the day/year has each, every, last,
next, this before it:
Ex:
I go to England every Christmas (not at every Christmas)

I'll see you next Monday afternoon. (not on Monday

afternoon )

Martin left home last evening. (not in the evening)

2. Prepositions of Place: at, in and on
At : Point
at + the + place: at the supermarket, at the bus stop...

at + specific place: at Tan Son Nhat airport.

at + specific address including the house number/name: e.g.

at 1018, To ky street, TCH ward, district 12, HCMC.

Note: In English, at is not normally used with names of

villages, towns and cities.
On: surface
on + a/the + surface of a place or object: shelf, wall, floor,
ceiling etc.. e.g. on the table.
on + the + directions: left/right/other side/nearside/far side:
e.g. on the left.
on + the + levels of a building: first floor, second floor, top
floor etc.. e.g. on the ground floor
on + parts of the body: his foot, her leg, our heads etc.. e.g.
on his left arm.
on + a/the + types of transport: horse, bicycle, train, foot etc..
e.g. on the ferry, on a horse.
Note: English people say in a car ( not on a car ).
In : enclosed space
in + names of countries: France, England, Poland etc.. e.g. in
Belgium.
in + names of towns, villages, cities: Warsaw, London etc..
e.g. in Brussels.
in + named places: Buckingham Palace, the Louvre etc.. e.g.
in Windsor Castle.
in + streets, roads, avenues: Dong Khoi Street etc.. e.g. in
Dong Tay Avenue.
in + the + rooms and places: kitchen, bedroom, living room
etc.. e.g. in the bathroom.
in + the + weather: sun, rain, hail, snow etc.. e.g. in the fog.
in + a/the + types of transport: car, train, van, lorry,
aeroplane, ship e.g. in a train.
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1. The course begins______7
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January and ends_______10 March
2. I went to bed _______midnight.
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3. We arrived ______5 in
o’ clock ______the morning.
4. Mozart was born in Salzburg _______1756.
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5. Are you doing anything special ______week-ends?
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6. I met Ann_______ Tuesday.
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7. I’ll phone you ______Tuesday at
morning ______about 10.
8. Tom’s grandmother died in 1987 _______the at age of 81.
9. There are usually a lot of parties_______
on New Years Eve.
10. The price of electricity is going up ______October.
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11. _______Sunday afternoons I usually get up late.
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12. Jack’s brother is out of work ______the moment.
Complete the sentences with at, in and on

on the top of the page

1. Write your name ______

2. I like that picture hanging ______on

the wall ______ in inthe kitchen

3. You’ll find the sports results _______ the back page of the

newspaper on

4. The headquarter of the company are ______ Milan

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5. Tom was wearing a silver ring ______ her little finger.
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