Hello, ladies and gentlemen =)
Перевели у нас годинник, and I did not even notice it, тому що всі мої electronic devices зробили це абсолютно on their own. Time flies by, тепер the sunset is на час пізніше, а вставати нам an hour earlier. Тому я вирішила, що потрібно нам розібратися, how we can talk about time.
Отже, today я збираюся вам розповісти about prepositions of time.
We use prepositions of time with time expressions, when we want to talk about time.
So, як нам потрібно говорити, in Monday або on Monday? At night or On night? In New Year or on New Year? Як це все запам'ятати? How can we deal with it?
А ось як. Тут все дуже просто.
Є така класна штука, називається the At-In-On pyramid.

- I have dinner at 7 p.m. (7 p.m.- precise точний час, use AT)
- Jackie goes to sleep at 11 p.m. (precise time, use AT)
Для longer periods of time, таких як days, we use ON.
- I’ll see you on Friday. (Friday = day, so we use ON)
- I was born on the 14th of December. (date = day, so use ON)
Для very long periods of time, such as weeks, years, months, centuries etc, ми use IN.
- I like films made in the 1940’s. (decade = long period, use IN)
- She likes going to the seaside in August (month = long period, use IN)
Here are some more examples for you:
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- at for a PRECISE TIME
- in for MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS
- on for DAYS and DATES
Однак we have some exceptions. Наприклад для AT є standard expressions, в яких ми використовуємо AT:
Expression | Example |
at night | The stars shine at night. |
at the weekend | I don't usually work at the weekend. |
at Christmas/Easter | I stay with my family at Christmas. |
at the same time | We finished the test at the same time. |
at present | He's not home at present. Try later. |
А ось some common expressions для IN и ON:
in | on |
in the morning | on Tuesday morning |
in the mornings | on Saturday mornings |
in the afternoon(s) | on Sunday afternoons |
in the evening(s) | on Monday evening |
Let’s look at the time of the day that we have. Доба у нас розділена приблизно ось так:

Для days and parts of the day ми можемо використовувати at, in, або on, і тут потрібно look at this more closely:

We use no prepositions with:
Prepositions in expressions of time
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А ось some exercises, які you can use to practice:
- fill in the blanks http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/time-prepositions-exercise-2.html
- fill in the blanks-2: http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/time-prepositions-exercise-1.html
- multiple choice http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5278
- Choose the correct answer: http://www.better-english.com/grammar/timepreps.htm
- More fill in the blanks (not only at, in, on) http://www.fiestaesl.com/gramtimeprep.html
- More on choosing the correct option: http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2988
Use your time wisely =)