Prepositions of Time & Place
in, on, at, under, next to — for time and place.
Time: in, on, at
in = months, years, parts of the day; on = days and dates; at = exact times and night / the weekend.
in June / in 2020 / in the morning
on Monday / on 3 May
at 7 o'clock / at night / at the weekend
Place
The most common prepositions of place.
in the box / in Londoninside
on the table / on the wallon a surface
at home / at the bus stopat a point
under the bed / next to the door
between the bank and the café
Tip: We say in the morning, but at night.
Sample quiz questions
- The meeting is ___ 10 o'clock.
- My birthday is ___ 12 August.
- The cat is sleeping ___ the bed. You can't see it.
- I was born ___ 2005.
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