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[Time Preposition] How to use: in / on / at

Updated: Sep 11, 2019


Prepositions of time:

  1. in

  2. on

  3. at



at:

  • Clock time: The bus arrives at 8am.

  • Hours: The meeting will start at 7 o'clock.

  • Noon: Let's meet in the Thai restaurant across the street at noon.

  • Midnight: The flight is departing at midnight.

on:

  • Dates: The surf contest is on September 13, 2019.

  • Days of the week: My job interview is on Friday.

in:

  • Parts of the day: There are practices in the afternoon everyday.

  • Weeks: The show is in 3 weeks.

  • Months: The music festival is in September.

  • Years: He was born in 1990.

  • Seasons: People love to go to the beaches in the summer.

  • Decades (10 years): The smartphone was invented in the last decade.

  • Centuries (100 years): Climate change is a major problem in the 21st century.

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Pochien Tsai
Pochien Tsai
23 jun 2019

I will buy a cup of coffee at 9AM today.

The new store will open on July 7.

People like to buy air conditioner in the Summer.

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