Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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Classes start every day ______________________ 8:30 | in / on / at |
I always find it hard to get up early ______________________ Mondays | in / at / on |
She arrived exactly ______________________ tea time | at / on / in |
Wait for me at the bar. I'll be there ______________________ half an hour | in / at / on |
He finished ______________________ three o'clock | on / in / at |
The last time we went to a restaurant was ______________________ our anniversary | in / on / at |
The meeting starts ______________________ 10 o'clock | in / on / at |
We all get together ______________________ Christmas Day | in / at / on |
I was born ______________________ September 7th | on / in / at |
They always turn on the street-lights ______________________ sunset | at / on / in |
I love going for a walk ______________________ the morning | in / on / at |
Photography was invented ______________________ the 19th century | on / at / in |
I will finish this ______________________ a few minutes, I'm almost done. | in / on / at |
The countryside is most beautiful ______________________ June | at / on / in |
Everybody went to bed ______________________ midnight | at / on / in |
I'll go and visit you ______________________ Tuesday | at / in / on |
We went to Edinburgh ______________________ summer | on / in / at |
Spain celebrates its national day ______________________ October the 12th | at / on / in |
Most shops are closed ______________________ Sundays | on / at / in |
We can build a house ______________________ three months. Less if we get more people to help. | at / in / on |
We had coffee ______________________ half past six | at / on / in |
They first met ______________________ my wedding day and now they are married | on / in / at |
We are starting a seminar ______________________ the 2nd of March | on / in / at |
We can meet ______________________ lunch time and have something to eat together | on / at / in |
She doesn't like driving ______________________ the evenings | in / on / at |
Memorise this rule:
At a time, On a day, In a period
AT a time (times: 10 o'clock, 5:30, etc.)
ON a day (days and dates: Monday, Thanksgiving, the 5th of June, etc.)
IN a period (periods of time: week, month, year, 4 hours, morning, etc.)
AT
I get up at 9 o'clock
I was there at noon (noon= 12:00 pm)
You can come at lunch time
ON
I went to Berlin on Monday
I was born on May 2nd
My brother arrived on Christmas Day
IN
He was born in the 19th century
She had her holidays in June
Don't go to Egypt in summer
IN can be used in two other special cases:
1- To say how soon something will happen
- I'll see you in two days (also: ...in two days' time)
- come to see me again in a week (also: ...in a week's time)
2- To say how long something takes to happen
- I can run 200 metres in 30 seconds
- he wrote a book in a month