Question

Prepositions

IN

This movie was filmed in July / in winter / in 1995 / in the 2Oth century

 Months, seasons, years, and centuries



We’ll have a meeting in the morning / in an hour / in two days.

 During or at the end of a period of time

ON

They may travel on Sunday (morning) / on May 3rd / on New Year’s Day

 Days and dates

AT

Will you be here at 5 o’clock / at 2:30 / at midnight / at lunchtime?

 Exact time and words meaning a time of the day



What do you usually eat at Christmas / at Easter?

 Holidays



Let’s talk at the end of the day / at the moment

 Some phrases like the beginning, the end, and the moment



NOTE: We don’t use any prepositions before words like every, last, next, this.

I’ll start a diet this Monday / this month / next week.



Exercises



Complete the sentences using the words in the box.

1. Mary’s birthday is ________July 1st.

2. I’m going to see my old friends________ February.

3. The new park is __________25 Sunshine Avenue.

4. Albert Einstein was __________Germany.

5. The garden park is ________California.

6. The new school is__________ Fulton Street.

7. It’s twenty ___________five.

8. Sarah wants to swim_________ the water park.



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Answer 1

Resposta:

1. on

2. in

3. on

4. in

5. in

6. on

7. to/after

8. at

Explicação:

1. ON = usado para datas exatas

2. IN = usado para meses do ano.

3. ON = usado para endereços específicos.

4. IN = usado para países

5. IN = usado para cidades, estados.

6. ON = usado para lugares específicos

7. TO/AFTER = usando para falar de horas. Essa questão existe duas possibilidades, assim teremos dois sentidos diferentes:
se usar o TO, queremos dizer 20 para as 5 ou 4:40
Se usarmos AFTER, queremos dizer: 5:20
8. at = usado para lugares específicos.