PREPOSITIONS AT IN ON

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PREPOSITIONSAT IN ON

• Presentation by Epp Rätsep

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Töö autor Epp Rätsep, Võru I Põhikool Õppeaine
inglise keel Töö pealkiri
PREPOSITIONS IN/ON/AT
Grammatika II
kooliaste Maakond Võru Koolitaja Evi Tarro, I
kursus
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AT IN ON(FOR PLACE)

• AT for a point
• IN for an enclosed space
• ON for a surface

• at the corner
• at the bus stop
• at the entrance
• in the garden
• in London
• in my pocket
• on the wall
• on the floor
• on the cover

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AT IN ON( FOR TIME)

• at three oclock
• at noon
• at the moment
• in May
• in summer
• in 2002
• on Sunday
• on my birthday
• on New Years Eve

• AT for a precise time
• IN for months, years, centuries and long periods
• ON for days and dates

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EXPRESSIONS WITH AT/IN/ON (FOR TIME)

• AT the weekend IN the
  morning
• AT Christmas IN
  the afternoon
• AT night
  IN the evening
• AT Christmas
• AT the same time
• AT present
• ON Tuesday
  morning
• ON Saturday
  mornings
• ON Sunday
  afternoons
• ON Monday
  evening

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Dont use AT/IN /ON withLAST/NEXT/EVERY/THIS

• We went to Saaremaa last May.
• We paint eggs every Easter.
• Hes coming home next Sunday.
• Ill call you this evening.

• not in last May
• not at every Easter
• not on next Sunday
• not in this evening

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CHECK YOURSELF
AT

• Jane is waiting for you ... the bus stop.
• Do you live ... Estonia?
• You are standing my foot.
• The stars shine .. night.
• We finished the text . the same time.
• We always go to school the morning.
• They practise sports .. Sunday afternoons.
• I have a meeting 9 am.
• Do you work . Mondays?
• It often snows December.

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