Informatica

Look at the chart below:

|IN |We use in with months - in May |
| |seasons - in winter |
| |country - in Greece |
| |city or town names - in New York |
| |times ofthe 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" withverbs which show movement such as go and come - He goes to|
| |school. |
| |She returned to the store. |
| |They are coming to the party tonight. |



Prepositions of place and time : IN / ON / AT


Use IN before:- Countries and cities :Colombia, Bogota (Paises y ciudades)
- Buildings: a shop, a museum (Edificios)
- Months: February, June (Meses)
- Seasons: winter, summer (Estaciones del año)
- Years: 1998, 2003 (Años)
- Times of the day: morning, afternoon, evening – NOT night (Partes del día)
- Transport: a bike, a bus, train, plane, a ship – NOT car (Transporte)
- A surface: the floor, a table, ashelf, the balcony, the roof, the wall (Superficies)
- Dates: March 1st (Fechas)
- Days: Tuesday, New Year’s Day, Valentine’s Day (Dias)

Use AT before:

- The following words: school, home, work, university, the airport, the station, a bus stop, a party, the door, night, the weekend
- Times: 6 o’clock, half past five, 4:45 pm (Hora)
- Festival periods: Christmas, Easter (Festivales)[pic]




Prepositions – Time

|English |Usage |Example |
|on |days of the week |on Monday |
|in |months / seasons |in August / in winter|
| |time of day |in the morning |
| |year |in 2006 |
| |after a certain period of time (when?) |in an hour |
|at |fornight |at night |
| |for weekend |at the weekend |
| |a certain point of time (when?) |at half past nine |


Prepositions – Place (Position and Direction)|English |Usage |Example |
|in |room, building, street, town, country |in the kitchen, in London |
| |book, paper etc. |in the book |
| |car, taxi...