Prepositions of time: Prepositions with Georgie

Hello! This is 'Prepositions with Georgie'. That's me! And today,

we're looking at the prepositions of time.

Pay attention, write notes,

because you'll be using these ones a lot.

Starting with 'at'. Think of this one

as the preposition of exact times (with exceptions).

For example, clock times. The match starts at 2pm.

And exact times of day. It gets colder at sunset.

The exception being 'night'.

The bats come out at night.

This isn't really an exact time of day.

It's more of a longer duration -

but we'll come back to that one.

Next, we have 'in'. 'In' is for longer periods of time, like

months, years

centuries, seasons.

For example, my birthday is in November.

I graduated from university in 2013.

My parents were born in the 60s.

It usually snows here in the winter.

Strangely, we also use 'in' for the morning, afternoon and evening,

which aren't such long periods.

Remember, don't use 'in' for night, use 'at'.

A trick to remember this is:

all of the day words that have more than one syllable use 'in the'.

All of the one-syllable words, use 'at'.

Finally, we have 'on'. This is for shorter periods

like, days, dates and holidays.

For example, the meeting is on Tuesday.

The concert is on the 8th of September.

We'll see each other on Christmas Eve.

I remember the difference between 'in' and 'on' by imagining a box.

If the period of time is long,

like a month, the box is big.

I can fit in the box.

If the period of time is short, like a day,

the box is small.

I can't fit in the box, but I can sit on the box.

Or, just memorise this sentence and you'll always have a model to follow.

Remember to check out the website and download my worksheet to practise.

See you next time!