Prepositions of Time - Guide and Exercise with Answers

Prepositions of Time


WHEN ?


at : exact time - at 2.40 pm
name of a holiday - at Christmas

on : name of a day - on Saturday, on Christmas Day

in: part of the day - in the morning ( * but : at night)
name of a month - in July
name of a year - in 1996
name of a season - in summer


1. ….. Friday, Lisa and I walked to school together.

2. I always visit my brother ….. Easter.

3. My birthday is ….. March.

4. I was born ….. 1903.

5. ”When do you have dinner?” asked Diem.
“….. 6 o’clock,” said Kazia.

6. ….. Wednesdays, my brother has swimming lessons.

7. We started English classes …… Tuesday morning …. 8.30 a.m.

8. ….. the morning I go to school, ….. the afternoon I go to the library
and …. the evening I spend time with my family.

9. We finish school … two-thirty.

10. Australia Day is ….. January.

11. Every morning I get up … 6 o’clock.

12. I never walk home … night.

13. ….. Spring, the flowers bloom.

14. In Australia, the school year ends …. December and starts …. February.

15. Sarah’s baby was born ….. Friday …. one o’clock.

16. ….. 1983 I went to europe.

Answers: 1. on 2. at 3. in 4. in 5. at 6. on 7. on, at 8. in, in, in 9. at 10. in 11. at 12. at 13. in 14. in, in 15. on, at 16. in