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A2 Grammar

Prepositions of Time and Place

**Prepositions of TIME:** - **at** → specific times: at 5 o'clock, at noon, at midnight, at night - **on** → days and dates: on Monday, on 15th August, on New Year - **in** → months, years, seasons, parts of day: in January, in 2024, in summer, in the morning **Prepositions of PLACE:** - **at** → specific points: at the bus stop, at the door, at home - **on** → surfaces: on the table, on the wall, on the floor, on High Street - **in** → enclosed spaces: in the room, in Sydney, in many countries, in the car **Memory trick:** Think of it as: IN (big) → ON (surface) → AT (point) - IN the country → ON High Street → AT the shop

Examples

The meeting is at 3 PM on Monday.

She lives in London, on Rajpath Road.

💡 common English often drops prepositions: "I will come Monday" — correct: "I will come on Monday."