# Prepositions of Time: Rules and Examples | SwaVid

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# Prepositions of time: rules and examples

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Short answer. In, on and at also show time. At: a clock time or an exact point. On: a day or a date. In: a longer time like a month, a year, a season or a part of the day.

1 . Choose the right word. The train leaves ___ midnight.

2 . Choose the right word. The lights went out twice ___ the storm last night.

In, on and at also show time. At: a clock time or an exact point. On: a day or a date. In: a longer time like a month, a year, a season or a part of the day.

At: clock time. On: day or date. In: month, year, season, part of the day.

On for days and dates. Use on for a day of the week, a date or a special day. Say on Monday morning, because a day is named.

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- At for a point in time . Use at for clock times and exact points like noon, midnight, sunrise and sunset. We also say at night.
- On for days and dates . Use on for a day of the week, a date or a special day. Say on Monday morning, because a day is named.
- In for longer times . Use in for a month, a year, a season, a century, or a part of the day like the morning.
- No word at all . Do not use at, on or in before next, last, this, every, today or tomorrow. The answer to the gap is "no word".
- For, since or during . For tells how long. Since tells from when: the starting point of something still going on. During tells inside which event or period something happened.
- At: clock time. On: day or date. In: month, year, season, part of the day.
- For: how long. Since: from when. During: inside an event.

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