PREPOSITION
OF TIME
Prepared by: Teacher Dan
Date: December 26, 2023
Team: Synergy
What is Preposition of
Time?
•Prepositions are classified into different types
based on their functions. One among them is the
preposition of time. This article has some
preposition of time exercises that you can try out
to check how far you know its usage.
• Prepositions are words that precede a noun or
pronoun and express a relationship between it and
another word. A preposition of time can express
when something happens at one point in time or
when something happens over an extended period
of time.
When to use at and on?
• AT - The preposition of time ‘at’ is used to
indicate precise timings. For example, “We’ll
meet at night.” Here, ‘at night’ refers to the
precise time of the day.
• ON - The preposition of time ‘on’ is used to
indicate the days and dates. For example,
“My birthday is on the 3rd of March.”
EXERCISE 1: Fill in the blanks with the
correct prepositions of time. Use ‘on’,
‘in’ or ‘at’.
• The parent-teacher meeting is ___ 10 A.M.
• I do not have any classes ___ Sunday.
• This year it started to snow ___ November.
• Yasmin’s birthday is ___ 31st December.
• The stars twinkle brightly ___ night.
• I’ll meet you ___ Thursday.
• The principal is not present __ the moment.
• My mother will come back ___ minutes.
• Dimple will visit her grandmother ___ March.
• ___ 1857 the Sepoy Mutiny took place.
• Yash’s uncle passed away ___ Monday.
• __ the winter, we prefer staying indoors.
• ___ Sunday, they’ll talk about the Pyramids
on the National Geographic channel.
• My uncle will arrive ___ the dinner time.
• Tina had learnt to speak French ___ 6 weeks.
EXERCISE 2: Read the sentences and identify
the preposition of time. Underline the
preposition of time.
• My grandparents got married on 31st
December 1957.
• I will meet you at 6 o’clock on Sunday.
• On a Christmas evening, we met in
Amsterdam.
• The train will leave at 5 a.m. on Sunday
morning.
• My vacation ends on Tuesday.
• On 25th January, at 6:30 p.m., my niece
was born.
• Migratory birds fly to warmer places in
the winter.
• On my birthday, my mom bakes my
favourite cookies.
• “At 12 o’clock, the magic will start to
fade,” said the fairy godmother.
• In the summer you should keep water
bowls for birds.
EXERCISE 3:
Choose at, in, on to complete the sentences.
EXERCISE 4: Choose the correct
prepositions of time (at, in, on) to
complete the sentences.
EXERCISE 5: Complete the sentences
using the correct prepositions of time:
at, in, on.
