Prepositions of time and place

Preposition 

Prepositions are used before a noun or pronoun to show place, time, position or method.

*A preposition is used to show direction, location, time, or to introduce an object.

In this lesson, I’m going to talk about two types of preposition:

Prepositions of time:

“At”, “in”, and “on” are the most commons preposition of time used in English and are usually used in the following cases:

At: for precise time.

In: for long period: Months, years, century….

On: for days and dates.

At	In	On
At 7 o’clock	In July/August	On week days
At night	In 1993/2001	On afternoon
At dinner/lunch/breakfast	In summer/ in winter	On Sunday/Monday.
At weekend/at the weekend	In the previous century	On January 23nd
At the beginning	In the morning/afternoon	On my sixteen birthday
At Christmas.	In a minute.	On Friday evening

Notes:

-The blue expressions are common with' in' and 'on'.

-We do not use in, at, or on when we say last, next, this, or every….

 E.g.: I went to Canada last March. (In last March. incorrect).

More preposition of time:

After: I go to school after the holiday.

During: I’m reading books during the summer.

For: I have been here for 5 years.

Since:  He has lived in London since 2005.

Prepositions of time

Prepositions of place:

‘At’, ‘in’, and ‘on’ are usually used in the following cases:

At( for a point)	In(for an enclosed space)	On( for a surface)
At the bus stop	In Canada	On the cover
At the corner	In the garden	On the wall/ceiling
At the	In a box	On the door

‘At’, ‘in’, and ‘on’ are also used with certain expressions:

At	In	On
At the top	In a taxi	On the left/right
At the bottom	In the sky	On the radio/ on TV
At work	In the newspaper	On the way

More prepositions:

Behind: beware, stay behind me!

In front of: look in front of you.

Under: under the sun.

Prepositions of place

*The prepositions are always followed by a  noun, never followed by a verb (when want to follow with a verb we must add -ing).