PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
Complete with the correct preposition of
time (IN/ON/AT) in the spaces given.
1 ) I always do my homework _______ night.
2) Sara rarely gets up at 7.00 am _______ weekends.
3) My birthday is __________ March 22nd.
4) My mother wakes up _______ 6 am _______the
morning.
5) John always drinks milk ______ the morning.
6) Mary is going to travel ______ August.
7) It´s hot _________ summer.
8) Joseph has a meeting _______ Monday ________4
o´clock.
9) Susan doesn´t like watching horror movies ______
night.
10) I like drinking hot coffee _______ winter nights.
11) Melanie goes to school classes _______ weekdays.
12) My grandfather was born _______ 1965.
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A) Write the preposition of time for the following. If a preposition isn’t used, put X.
1. _______ Monday 11. _______ noon 21. _______ the evening
2. _______ yesterday 12. _______ Christmas 22. _______ every day
3. _______ the morning 13. _______ the 12th century 23. _______ New Year’s eve
4. _______ three o’clock 14. _______ the 12th of April 24. _______ September
5. _______ next year 15. _______ tomorrow 25. _______ next year
6. _______ midnight 16. _______ 11 AM 26. _______ Tuesday night
7. _______ our anniversary 17. _______ night 27. _______ last month
8. _______ last summer 18. _______ the moment 28. _______ dawn
9. _______ summer 19. _______ 1994 29. _______ autumn
10. _______ March 20. _______ the weekend 30. _______ October 26
B) Circle the correct preposition of time.
1. _____ my wife’s birthday, I always bake her a cake and give her a piece of jewelry.
a. at b. in c. on d. X
2. Cinderella’s carriage changed into a pumpkin _____ midnight.
a. at b. in c. on d. X
3. Which should we do _____ tonight: go to a concert or see a movie?
a. at b. in c. on d. X
4. We can move to a house _____ two months, but only if we can rent the apartment first.
a. at b. in c. on d. X
5. Typically _____ Christmas, we visit my grandparents in the country.
a. at b. in c. on d. X
6. I need to meet him _____ three o’clock.
a. at b. in c. on d. X
C) Write sentences using a preposition of time and the following words:
1. 1999: __________________________________________________________________
2. 8 o’clock: __________________________________________________________________
3. 18th Century: __________________________________________________________________
4. Tomorrow morning: __________________________________________________________________
5. Next Month: __________________________________________________________________
6. Winter: __________________________________________________________________
7. 2918: __________________________________________________________________
8. Saturday night: __________________________________________________________________
9. Ten minutes: __________________________________________________________________
10. Half an hour: __________________________________________________________________
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