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    The document discusses the use of the prepositions "at", "on", and "in" with times and dates. It provides examples of when each preposition is used - "at" is used for specific times, meals, parts of day, festivals; "on" is used for days of the week, dates, anniversaries, special days; "in" is used for months, seasons, years, parts of day except night. It also notes that these prepositions are not used before words like "this", "last", "next", "every".

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    The document discusses the use of the prepositions "at", "on", and "in" with times and dates. It provides examples of when each preposition is used - "at" is used for specific times, meals, parts of day, festivals; "on" is used for days of the week, dates, anniversaries, special days; "in" is used for months, seasons, years, parts of day except night. It also notes that these prepositions are not used before words like "this", "last", "next", "every".

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    The document discusses the use of the prepositions "at", "on", and "in" with times and dates. It provides examples of when each preposition is used - "at" is used for specific times, meals, parts of day, festivals; "on" is used for days of the week, dates, anniversaries, special days; "in" is used for months, seasons, years, parts of day except night. It also notes that these prepositions are not used before words like "this", "last", "next", "every".

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    The document discusses the use of the prepositions "at", "on", and "in" with times and dates. It provides examples of when each preposition is used - "at" is used for specific times, meals, parts of day, festivals; "on" is used for days of the week, dates, anniversaries, special days; "in" is used for months, seasons, years, parts of day except night. It also notes that these prepositions are not used before words like "this", "last", "next", "every".

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    We use at:

     For exact time - at eight o´clock


     Meal times - “ at breakfast.
     Specific parts of the day - at night.
     Festivals - at Christmas.
     Some time expressions - at the moment; at the weekend.

    We use on :

     For the days of the week. - on Tuesday


     For dates - on 10th of January.
     For anniversaries- on my birthday
     For special days- on Christmas day.

    We use in :

     For month of the year - In July


     For seasons - In Autumn
     For years - In 1971
     For parts of the day - In the evening
    ( BUT at night)

    WE DON´T USE AT / IN / ON BEFORE:


     
     This ... - This morning
     Last ... - Last weekend.
     Next ... - Next Saturday.
     Every .. - Every day
    A) Put the words and expressions in the right column

    Wednesday, Easter, the afternoon, my birthday , 1980, midday, the evening, night, July, Christmas, 7
    o'clock, winter, Sunday morning, Saturday, summer, 12.30, July 2nd, 2006, the morning, Monday

    ___________________ ___________________ ___________________


    ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
    ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
    ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
    ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
    ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
    ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
    ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
    ___

    B) Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition: at, in or on.

    Classes usually begin _______ summer, _______ September. Monday children meet their new friends at
    school. Some of them have classes _______ the morning _______ nine o´clock and others have classes
    _______ the afternoon _______ two o´clock. _______ the 15th of September, the first day of school, they know
    their timetable.

    C) Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition: at, in or on.

    We never go out _______ midnight.


    Mary gets up early _______ the morning.
    I always play football _______ the weekend.
    It´s hot here _______ summer.
    Classes begin _______ 8.30.
    _______ Saturday afternoon we usually go to the cinema.
    It´s cold _______ night.
    See you _______ lunch time.
    We have short holidays _______ Christmas and Easter.
    The leaves fall from trees _______ autumn.

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