Hello, ladies and gentlemen =)
Перевели у нас часы, and I didn’t even notice it, потому что все мои electronic devices сделали это абсолютно on their own. Time flies by, теперь the sunset is на час позже, а вставать нам an hour earlier. Поэтому я решила, что нужно нам разобраться, how we can talk about time.
Итак, today я собираюсь вам рассказать about prepositions of time.
We use prepositions of time with time expressions, when we want to talk about time.
So, как нам нужно говорить, in Monday или on Monday? At night or On night? In New Year or on New Year? Как это все запомнить? How can we deal with it?
А вот как. Тут все очень просто.
Есть такая классная штука, называется the At-In-On pyramid.

- I have dinner at 7 p.m. (7 p.m.- precise точное время, use AT)
- Jackie goes to sleep at 11 p.m. (precise time, use AT)
Для longer periods of time, таких как 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, мы 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
Однако we have some exceptions. Например для AT есть standard expressions, в которых мы используем 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 вот 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. Сутки у нас разбиты примерно вот так:

Для days and parts of the day мы можем использовать at, in, или on, и тут нужно look at this more closely:

We use no prepositions with:
- last night, year etc
- this morning, month etc
- every day, night, years etc
- today, tomorrow, yesterday
Prepositions in expressions of time
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А вот some exercises, которые 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 =)