Grammar explanation
In/at/on: time and place
Time
Use At with times of day
On days and dates
In long periods (eg. months/years/seasons)
Look at the following examples:
At 5 o’clock/midnight/sunset
On Friday/12 March/Christmas day
In October/the 1970’s/the past/the future/the 18th Century/1968
Place
Use at or in to show where an event takes place/where something happens:
Eg. The concert will be held at/in the opera house.
The party will be held at/in Sue’s apartment.
We use at to mean next to:
I waited at the station for her for ages.
I live at The Pyramids (not in The Pyramids!)
Use In when you are thinking about the building itself:
To mean inside.
Eg.There are many amazing things to see in The Egyptian museum.
We also use in with the following:
In a street the sea
A square the mountains
A town the building
A country
A city
Cairo
On to mean ‘on top of’
Eg. On the mountain/the ground
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