TIME EXPRESSIONS
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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