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Prepositions

• Time and date
• Form
• Use
• Travel and movement
• Form
• Use
• Prepositions and phrases

Time and date

Form

in, on, at, by

Use

• in a period
  in the ninetieth century
  in 1993
  in Spring / Summer / Winter / Autumn
  in September / May
  in the morning / the afternoon
• on a day
  on October 20^th
  on Christmas Day / Valentine’s Day
  on Sunday
  on Saturday evening
• at a time
  at ten o’clock
  at weekends
  at noon
  at midnight
• by a time
  by 6 a.m. (at that time or before it)
• Exceptions
  at night
  at Christmas / at Easter (the period generally, not the day only)
  on the morning / afternoon / evening of a certain date:
  The explosion took place on the morning of the 20^th.
• Phrases:
  on time = at the time arranged
  in time = not late

Travel and movement

Form

at, by, from, in, on, to

Use

• We travel from our starting point to our destination.
• We travel by bus / car / train / boat / sea / plane / air / bicycle.
• We travel on horseback, on foot, on a bicycle.
• We arrive in a country or town.
• We arrive at a village / an address / a hotel / a theatre / a station / a bus stop / a cross-roads

Prepositions and phrases

• at + phrases
  at all
  at first
  at last
  at least
  at random
  at the beginning of the book / page / performance / course / meal / tunnel / unit
  at the front / back of the book / queue / plane
  at the top / bottom of the mountain / list / ladder /page
• by + phrases
  by far
  by heart
  by the way
• in + phrases
  in all
  in tears
  in the middle of the corridor / book / queue / list / plane / row / performance / course / meal / unit / ladder / tunnel
  in the way
  in time
• on + phrases
  on average
  on earth
  on holiday
  on the way
  on time

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