Prepositions at, on and in
  • Dulce1 September 2014
     At, on and in used as prepositions of time

    At: used to tell time / with o'clock / with very specific dates
    Examples; at 3:00 o'clock, at recess, at Easter
    On: used for an amount of time that represents one day
    Examples: on Tuesday, on my birthday, on May 1 2016
    In: all other periods of time
    Examples: in spring, in June, in 1997

    At, on and in used as prepositions of place
    At: used for specific places (a place where one would put an x on a map, for instance)
    Examples: I'll meet you in the hotel at the restaurant, I live at 344 Peach Street.
    On: used for surfaces or places that look like a line
    Examples: on the table, on river, on Peach Street
    In: used for places confined by boundaries.
    Examples: In New York, in our city, in a room
    What prepositions would you add to the following paragraph:
    I called Mary ____ 8:00 last night because I wanted to invited her to a party _____ my house _____ May 22. It's to celebrate my birthday, but the party won't be _____ my day of birth because it would fall _____ a Monday and then nobody would come. So we decided to celebrate it _____ a Saturday. It's nice to have a birthday _____ spring because it's warmer. I hope she can come even though she moved and doesn't live ____ our neighborhood anymore.
    Answers: at; at; on; on; on;on; in; in;

  • Grace_R September 2014
    I think you are missing an answer?
  • Dulce1 September 2014
    Hi Grace, Good catch! I've already correct it! Thanks!

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