THE PREPOSITION OF TIME

THE PREPOSITION OF TIME

Definition: A preposition of time is a kind of preposition that allows you to discuss a specific time period such as a date on the calendar, the days of the week, the month of the year, or the actual time something takes place.

The most common prepositions of time are: on, at, in.

Here are some examples of preposition of time:

On Monday

In January

In 2000

In the 1990s

At 9 o’clock

On Sunday night

In the twenty-first century

Examples in the sentences:

I get up at 9 o’clock every morning.

We go to school on Monday.

You were born in 1983.

She studies in the morning.

They come home in the afternoon.

We all eat dinner in the evening.

AT	Times: at 8pm, at midnight, at 6:30 Holiday periods: at Christmas, at Easter at night at the weekend at lunchtime, at dinnertime, at breakfast time
ON	Days: on Mondays, on my birthday, on Christmas Day days + morning / afternoon / evening / night: on Tuesday morning Dates: on the 20th of June
IN	Years: in 1992, in 2006 Months: in December, in June Decades: in the sixties, in the 1790s Centuries: in the 19th century Season: in winter, in summer in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening
NO PRE	next week, year, month last night, year this morning, month every day, night, years today, tomorrow, yesterday