Prepositional Phrases of Time and Place!
What are the prepositions of time?
A prepositional phrase is a preposition with a Pronoun or a noun. We use different prepositional phrases to talk about time. For example “IN”, “ON” and “AT”. We commonly use “IN” with seasons, centuries, months, days, and years. We use on with day including days of week, holidays, date and special occasions. We use “at” at a specific time.
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Prepositional phrase examples with the preposition of time at, in, on.
Prepositional Phrases of Time
Prepositional Phrases with IN
In a few minutes
In a week
In the middle ages
In a moment
In the seventies
In an hour
In the future
In January
In April
In the past
In (the) spring
In (the) fall/ autumn
In the 1960s
In the easter holiday
In (the) winter
In 1980
In the 21st century
In the next century
In the 10 years time
In (the) summer
In the morning
In the evening
In the afternoon
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Prepositional Phrases with AT
At this moment
At the weekend (u.k)
At the same time
At the moment
At that time
At sunrise/ sunset
At present
At noon/ midday
At night
A new year
At midnight
At lunchtime
At lunch
At easter
At dinner time
At dinner
At dawn
At Christmas
At breakfast
At bedtime
At 7 am
At 5 pm
At 12 o’clock
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Prepositional Phrases with ON
On my lunch break
On the weekend (u.s.)
On Sunday morning(s)
On a cold day
On that day
On Friday afternoon(s)
On weekdays
On 1st January 2013
On April 3rd
On Easter day
On the 10th
On the last day
On my wedding day
On New Year’s Day
On my birthday
On holiday
On a summer evening
On Christmas day
On time
On the first day
On Monday
On Sunday
On Thursday
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Prepositional Phrases of Place
We use various types of prepositions to talk about places like “at college”, “on a corner”, “in a car”, etc. In these phrases, we use AT, IN, ON as a preposition of place.
Prepositional phrase examples with the preposition of place at, in, on.
Prepositional Phrases of Place with AT
At the traffic lights
At the corner
At the hairdresser’s
At someone’s house
At the back
At the front
At the entrance
At reception
At the top of page
At the exit
At the front
At the top
At the office
At the station
At the corner
At the front desk
At a conference
At home
At the top
At the door
At the corner
At the end of the road
At the crossroads
At the top of the page
At a conference
At 189 oxford street
At the front
At the back
At a party
At someone’s house
At home
At the side
At the Chrysler building
At work
At the doctor’s
At college
At university
At the front
At school
At a party
At the entrance
At the bottom
At a concert
At the entrance
At reception
At a party
At the bus stop
At the doctor’s
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Prepositional Phrases of Place with IN
In a traffic jam
In the closet
In a room
In bed
In the west/east
In a queue
In the journal
In the mirror
In the book
In the end
In the north/south
In a line
In prison
In the cinema
In the city center
In an armchair
In the bank
In the house
In the sky
In the kitchen
In a basket
In the bag
In the street
In the picture
In the newspaper
In oxford street
In my pocket
In my wallet
In the world
In the water
In a pool
In a row
In a building
In a car
In the classroom
In a boat
In a helicopter
In the article
In a lift (elevator)
In the market
In the beginning
In a box
In London
In a town/ in a country
In a garden
In the sea/ river
In a taxi
In Times Square
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Prepositional Phrases of Place with ON
On the way
On the shelf
On the second floor
On the roof
On the right
On the right
On the radio
On the phone
On the page
On the menu
On the left
On the left
On the internet
On the ground
On the floor
On the desk
On the cover
On the corner
On the ceiling
On the ceiling
On the carpet
On the bottle
On the beach
On television
On television
On Seventh Avenue
On his face
On her nose
On an island
On an island
On an island
On an elephant
On a wall
On a train
On a table
On a ship
On a plane
On a page
On a motorbike
On a map
On a list
On a list
On a horse
On a farm
On a farm
On a coast
On a bus
On a bicycle
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