Time

There are different prepositions that we can use to talk about time:

• at:

  • exact time (at 10 o'clock),

  • meal times (at dinner time),

  • poins of time (at noon, at dawn),

  • festivals (at Christmas),

  • age (at (the age of) 13)

• on:

  • days of the week (on Friday),

  • parts of the day (on Monday morning),

  • dates (on 31 December),

  • festivals (on New Year's Eve),

  • anniversaries (on your birthday)

• in:

  • parts of the day (in the afternoon),

  • months (in August),

  • years (in 1492),

  • seasons (in (the) summer),

  • centuries (in the 20th century),

  • festivals (in Easter week),

  • periods of time (in the holidays)

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