Prepositions in English - 'at', 'on', 'in'

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Hi my name is Rebecca and today I'm going to be speaking to you about

grammar point that many students to have trouble with which is prepositions

little words can sometimes be very confusing and the reason for that is

because usually in different languages

prepositions are used differently so if you're having trouble with it

first of all don't feel that because many students have lots and lots of

problems with prepositions

it doesn't mean you can't learn them you can there are some that operated by

rules and there are some where you kind of have to learn the expressions by

heart but with enough practice you can definitely learn the right prepositions

today I'm going to be speaking about three little words three propositions

that her quite often in english language and these are at on and now add on in

can be used to refer to time or place in this example in this video we're going

to be speaking about how these words are used in relation to time

ok so let's start with the first one at at is very specific

we're talking about a very specific period of time for example has 12 30 at

five o'clock at 3 45

it's a very specific period of time

you could also use this preposition to say at midnight or at new because again

those are very specific periods of time

ok are the second one is a little bit wider than ads not a specific but not

very broad

so we use on for something that represents one day or one date for

example we can say on seven on landings

you can say on the days for example my yoga class meets on endings

that's how we use that but it still represents one for one thing sort of

innocence all right

you can also use this for a particular holiday

we are going to meet on your state or on

a particular date you could say we're going to me on December fish

so to review at is very specific to a particular period of time actually

30 on is a little bit wider for one day or one date on monday on january twenty

right now we come to the last one which is keep in covers the widest period of

time

so in a sense if you are unsure

you should probably choose this one because this would cover the widest

range of options but i prefer if you do study and learn the right one so that

you can actually be using the perfectly correct position

so let's look at me in we can use before us

seasons years decades or periods of time for example you can say i was born in

September

i was born in the summer i was born in nineteen ninety five

well not me

absolute he was born in the nineteen sixties or this happen

true the Middle Ages these are all examples of how you can use the

preposition e to represent different periods of time

ok so I hope I've been able to shed some light on how we use these three small

but significant prepositions in the English language

good luck with your English by