3598 preposition review and their uses

IN We use “in” with months, years - in May, in 1978 seasons - in spring country, city or town names – in Mexico, in Paris, in Rockville times of the day - in the morning, afternoon or evening BUT always - at night! ON We use "on" with specific days - on Sunday, on St Valentine’s day, on May the 19th In American English - "on the weekend OR on weekends" AT We use "at" with specific times - at o'clock, at 6.15 at night, at noon specific places in a city - at school, at the bus stop, at the cinema, at the airport In British English - "at the weekend OR at weekends" TO We use "to" with verbs which show movement such as “go, return, walk, run, drive and come” He goes to school / She returned to Venice last month / Tom is coming to the concert tonight Now write “in, on, at” next to the words below June 10 _ 1984 _ o’clock 11 _ midnight _ Monday 12 _Christmas _ 11:30 am 13 _ six months _ May 16th 14 _ the winter _ 2001 15 _ noon _ Halloween 16 the morning _ 24 of July _ Paris of May 3rd 17 _ the shop 18 Saturday night Fill in the gaps in this paragraph with the prepositions - in, on, at, to Juliet was born _ Toronto _ April 2nd _ o'clock _ the evening Toronto is _ the province of Ontario _ Eastern Canada Every day, she goes _ classes _ the communtity college She usually arrives _ St Mary’s College 8:30 the morning and returns _ her apartment _ o’clock. _ the evening _ the weekends, she likes driving _ her friend's house _ Hamilton She usually arrives _ two _ the afternoon and leaves _Sunday evening _ 9:30 pm _Saturday, they usually go _a restaurant to have a late lunch _night, they often go _ the movies or out dancing _summer, _August for example, they often go _the lake for the day Pick the correct option: Greg goes the village the weekend the summer a) to/on/on b) at/on/in c) to/at/in The cat _ Julie’s house Paris, sleeps _ night, in her garage a) at/in/at b) on/at/in c) in/at/to Michael walks _ work the morning but today he is _ the train station a) to/in/on b) to/on/in c) to/in/at 4) _ Sunday, Joe ran _ see his cousin, who was town for two days a) on/at/in b) at/to/in c) on/to/in Now write about a routine you have using “in, on, at, to” I am from in _ I was born _ Normally, I _ _ _ Answer key : In Toronto / on April 2/ at /in the evening / in the province / in Eastern / to classes / at the community/ at St Mary’s / at 8:30 / in the morning / to her apartment / in the evening At/on the weekends / to her fried’s / in Hamilton / at / in the afternoon / on Sunday evening / at 9:30 / on Sat / to a restaurant / at night / to the movies / In summer / in August / to the lake Pick: c) a) c) c)