Prepositions

PREPOSITIONS

IN	We use in with months – in May seasons – in winter country – in Greece city or town names – in New York times of the day – in the morning, afternoon or evening BUT at night!
ON	We use “on” with specific days – on Friday, on New Year’s Day, on April the 19th American English – “on the weekend OR on weekends”
AT	We use “at” with specific times – at 7 o’clock, at 6.15 at night specific places in a city – at school British English – “at the weekend OR at weekends”
TO	We use “to” with verbs which show movement such as go and come – He goes to school. She returned to the store. They are coming to the party tonight.

Example:

I was born in Seattle, Washington on the 19th of April in 1961. Seattle is in the State of Washington in the United States. That was many years ago… Now, I live in Leghorn in Italy. I work at the British School. I sometimes go to a movie on the weekend. I meet my friends at the movie theater at 8 o’clock or later. In the summer, usually in August, I go home to visit my family in America. My family and I go to the beach and relax in the sun in the morning and in the afternoon! In the evening, we often eat at a restaurant with our friends. Sometimes, we go to a bar at night.

Janet was born in Rochester on December 22nd at 3 o’clock in the morning. Rochester is in the state of New York in the United States. Now, she goes to classes at the university. She usually arrives in the morning at 8 o’clock. On (American) or At (British) weekends, she likes driving to her friend’s house in Canada. Her friend lives in Toronto. She usually arrives at 9 in

 the evening and leaves on Sunday morning. On

 Saturday, they often meet friends at a restaurant. At

 night, they sometimes go to a disco. In

 summer, in July for example, they often go to

 the countryside.