Prepositions of time

AT

Hours:

• at 7 am
• at 12 o’clock
• at 5 pm

Parts of the day:

• at night
• at noon/ midday
• at midnight
• at bedtime
• at lunch time
• at dinner time
• at dinner
• at lunch
• at sunrise/ sunset
• at dawn

Holidays without “day”:

• at Easter
• at Christmas
• at New Years

At + time:

• at present
• at the weekend (U.K)
• at breakfast
• at the moment
• at this moment
• at the same time
• at that time

IN

Parts of the day:

• in the morning
• in the afternoon
• in the evening

Months:

• in January
• in February
• in December

Seasons:

• in (the) spring
• in (the) summer
• in (the) fall/ autumn
• in (the) winter

Years:

• in 1980
• in 1968

Decades:

• in the 1960s
• in the seventies

Centuries:

• in the 15th century
• in the 21st century

Weeks:

• in a week
• in 2 weeks

Holidays:

• in the Easter holiday
• in the Christmas holiday

Period of time:

• in the past
• in the next century
• in the future
• in the 10 years time
• in the middle ages
• in a few minutes
• in a moment
• in an hour
• in 3 hours
• in six months
• in a year

ON

Days:

• On Monday
• On Thursday
• On Sunday

Dates:

• on April 3rd
• on 1st January 2013
• on the 10th
• on the first day
• on the last day

Holidays with ‘day’:

• on New Year’s day
• on Christmas day
• on Easter day

Specific days:

• on my birthday
• on holiday
• on my wedding day
• on that day

Days + Parts of day:

• on Sunday morning(s)
• on Friday afternoon(s)
• on Monday evening(s)

On + time: