in, on or at are prepositions that are often confused when talking about time . You see, while in means en in Spanish, en doesn't always mean in in English! Now, let's take a look at how we use in, on and at with time.
IN + intervals of time
He always does the housework in the morning.
The final game is in May.
She met her husband in 1990.
ON + days / dates
I get paid on the last Thursday of the month.
We arrived here on the first of May.
I’m always happy on my birthday.
AT + specific point in time ( night / weekends/ Christmas )
I have to wake up at 7 o'clock every morning.
The ghosts come out at night!
They get up late at the weekend.
Now, it's time for a quiz! The answers are in the comments below.
I went to the Pyrenees __ holiday for a week __ the end of December. We skied all morning. We stopped __ noon for lunch. __ the afternoon, we went skiing again. __ night, we went to the bar and socialized with other skiers. __ New Year's Eve, we had a party in the hotel lounge. We all talked about our highs and lows __ 2012, and what our expectations for the new year were. __ midnight, we uncorked the champagne. The next day, we woke up late. Everyone had hangovers. So nobody went skiing __ the first day of the year!
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I went to the Pyrenees ON holiday for a week AT the end of December. We skied all morning. We stopped AT noon for lunch. IN the afternoon, we went skiing again. AT night, we went to the bar and socialized with other skiers. ON New Year's Eve, we had a party in the hotel lounge. We all talked about what our highs and lows IN 2012 were, and made our resolutions for the new year. AT midnight, we uncorked the champagne. The next day, we woke up late. Everyone had hangovers. So nobody went skiing ON the first day of the year!
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