Time and Place Prepositions "On," "At," "In"

In English, prepositions are words that describe the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other elements in a sentence. The prepositions “on,” “at,” and “in” are commonly used to describe the time and place of an event or action.

Time and Place Prepositions ON – IN – AT

Prepositions of Place

Learn how to use Prepositions of Place IN-ON-AT correctly in English.

IN

in a box
in a queue
in a row
in a lift
in a car
in a taxi
in the garden
in Oxford street
in Los Angeles
in New York
in a room
in the kitchen
in the cinema
in the bank
in the library
in a garden
in the city center
in a pool
in London
in the picture
in the world

ON

on a bus
on a train
on a plane
on a ship
on a bicycle
on a horse
on the radio
on the television
on the phone
on the Internet
on a table
on a wall
on the floor
on the roof
on the menu
on the page
on the door
on a map
on a list
on the left
on an island
on the first floor
on TV
on the shefl
on the right

AT

at the front
at the back
at the top
at the bottom
at the door
at the exit
at the entrance
at home
at work
at the office
at school
at a party
at the bus stop
at the station
at the doctor’s
at the concert
at the airport
at the restaurant
at the university
at the theater
at the hotel
at the wedding
at the corner of the street
at the center
at the back of the house
at the table
at the football match
at the traffic lights
at the hairdresser’s
at a conference
at someone’s house
at the movies
at the beach

Prepositions of Time

Learn how to use Prepositions of TIME IN-ON-AT correctly in English.

IN

in the morning
in the afternoon
in the evening
in February
in March
in the summer
in the winter
in the autumn
in the spring
in 1999
in the 1920’s
in the seventies
in the 21st century
in the past
in the present
in the future
in 10 year’s time

ON

on Monday
on Sunday
on April 1st
on the 11th
on the first day
on the last day
on my birthday
on Christmas day
on Easter day
on holiday
on my wedding day
on that day

AT

at 9 o’clock
at midday
at noon
at dusk
at dawn
at night
at the weekend
at Christmas
at Easter
at the moment
at that time
at the beginning
at the end
at breakfast
at dinnertime
at bedtime

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LT303SQD

Thursday 30th of September 2021

Hi, if I want to say in the column on xxx tab on Webpage. Is it proper prepositions?

Adnaan

Wednesday 27th of November 2019

I learned lot

Amani ibrahim

Friday 30th of March 2018

Thanks a lot that was useful for me

Eric

Saturday 10th of February 2018

on the "shelf". Misspell this one