| ON | * ON + A DAY |
On monday I go to the cinema. on Wednesday, on Thursday | |||||||||||||||||||
| * ON + DATE | It happened on the first of August. on 25th May, on 2nd April | ||||||||||||||||||||
| * ON + A DAY + A PART OF THE DAY | on Friday evening, on Sunday night | ||||||||||||||||||||
| * ON + A DESCRIBING WORD + A DAY(a part of the day) | on a sunny afternoon, on his birthday, on that night, on that particular day | ||||||||||||||||||||
| AT | * AT + AN HOUR | at six p.m., at 7.46, at one o`clock
| * AT + A TIME OF THE DAY
| at lunchtime, at midnight, at noon
| * AT + WEEKENDS
| at the weekends or at weekends
| * AT + PUBLIC HOLIDAY PERIODS
| at Christmas, at Easter, | BUT on Easter Monday !!! * AT + NIGHT
| at night
| * WE NORMALLY LEAVE OUT at WHEN WE ASK...
| ...What time is it? | (At) what time do you go to the park? IN
| * IN + A PART OF THE DAY
| in the morning, in the afternoon, | in the evening, BUT at night !!! * IN + LONGER PERIODS LIKE months, years, seasons, etc.
| in 1894, in summer, in March, in sixtees, | in nineteenth century, in 1338 * in IS USED TO SAY | - how soon something will happen - how long something takes to happen
I will phone you in three days. | She can eat lunch in ten minutes. * BEFORE next,
last, every,
all, each,
some, any,
this, yesterday,
tomorrow, the day before tomorrow | WE DON'T USE : on, in, at !
You can phone me any day you want. | I go there every Monday. |
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