Prepositions of Time Exercises (With Printable PDF)

Is it in the morning, on the morning, or at the morning? Should you say in the 80s, on the 80s, or at the 80s? Prepositions of time can be confusing.

I usually use in for months, years, and other long periods, on for days and dates, and at for a precise time.

These in, on, and at prepositions of time exercises will help you practice the correct use of prepositions of time.

What Are Prepositions of Time?

Prepositions of time are a type of preposition that lets you discuss a specific time period, whether it’s a date on the calendar or a day of the week.

Prepositions of Time: At

Use this preposition for the following:

Holidays and festivals
Clock times
Any specific time
“At night”

For example:

At 3 o’clock
At 3:00 PM
At noon
At sunrise
At the moment
At bedtime

Prepositions of Time: In

Use this preposition for:

Years
Months
Seasons
Centuries
General times of the day
Longer periods

For example:

In May
In summer
In the fall
In the 50s
In 1995
In the past

Prepositions of Time: On

Use this preposition for:

Specific days of the week
Portions of the week
Specific dates
Special days

For example:

On Tuesdays
On 25 Dec. 2013
On my birthday
On 6 March
On Christmas eve

Prepositions of Time Exercise #3

Choose from the parentheses below to complete each sentence.
(his birthday, March 21st, the fall, the moment, 80s, Thursdays, 2 o’clock, 1986, the end of the evening, the afternoon)

I’ll paint my nails in ________________.

Leaves fall down in ________________.

The festival will be held on ________________.

At ________________, we had dinner.

Let’s schedule the meeting at ________________.

We have weekly meetings on ______________.

I’m baking cookies at ________________.

My music taste peaked in the ____________.

We organized a party on ________________.

I was born in ________________.

If you are human, leave this field blank.

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Prepositions of Time Exercise #1

Prepositions of Time Exercise #2

Prepositions of Time Exercise #3