Prepositions of Time AT - ON - IN worksheet - Free Printable

Let's solve this "Prepositions of Time" worksheet step by step.

We are asked to sort the given time expressions into the correct column based on whether we use:

- AT – for specific times (e.g., clock times, meals, or short moments)
- ON – for days, dates, or parts of days (e.g., days of the week, specific dates, mornings, afternoons, evenings)
- IN – for longer periods of time (e.g., months, years, seasons, centuries)

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🔹 Step 1: Understand the Rules

| Preposition | Used With |
|-----------|----------|
| AT | Specific times, meals, short points in time |
| ON | Days, dates, parts of days (morning/afternoon/evening) |
| IN | Months, years, seasons, decades, centuries |

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🔹 Step 2: Sort Each Expression

Let’s go through each phrase and categorize it.

#### ✔ AT
Used for:
- Specific clock times
- Meals (like bedtime, midnight)
- Fixed points in time

1. 10:30 → AT
2. noon / midday → AT
3. midnight → AT
4. bedtime → AT

> These are all specific points in time.

#### ✔ ON
Used for:
- Days of the week
- Specific dates
- Parts of days (morning, afternoon, evening) when referring to a specific day
- Holidays (if specific)

1. Sunday → ON
2. Tuesday afternoon → ON
3. my birthday → ON (a specific date)
4. May 5 → ON (specific date)
5. Wednesday evening → ON
6. Monday morning → ON
7. a weekday → ON
8. the weekend → ON
9. a holiday → ON (as in "on Christmas Day")

> Note: "a holiday" is used with "on" because it refers to a specific day.

#### ✔ IN
Used for:
- Months
- Years
- Seasons
- Decades
- Centuries

1. February → IN
2. winter → IN
3. spring → IN
4. fall / autumn → IN
5. 2013 → IN
6. the 1990s → IN
7. summer → IN

> All these are longer periods.

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🔹 Final Answer Table

Here’s how the table should be filled:

| AT | ON | IN |
|----------------------|----------------------------|------------------------|
| 10:30 | Sunday | February |
| noon / midday | Tuesday afternoon | winter |
| midnight | my birthday | spring |
| bedtime | May 5 | fall / autumn |
| | Wednesday evening | 2013 |
| | Monday morning | the 1990s |
| | a weekday | summer |
| | the weekend | |
| | a holiday | |
| | the morning | |
| | the evening | |
| | night | |
| | the afternoon | |

Wait — hold on! We need to double-check "the morning", "the evening", "night", and "the afternoon".

These can be tricky.

- "the morning" → ON if it's part of a specific day (e.g., *on Monday morning*), but in if it's general (e.g., *in the morning*).
But here, since it's listed as just "the morning", without a day, it's general, so → IN

Similarly:
- the evening → IN (general)
- night → IN (general)
- the afternoon → IN (general)

But wait — "Tuesday afternoon" is ON, because it's a specific day + part of day.

So "the morning", "the evening", "night", "the afternoon" — when not tied to a specific day — are general, so they go under IN.

But let’s check the original list again:

> the morning
> the evening
> the afternoon
> night

These are without specific days, so they are general, so they go in IN.

So revise:

#### ✔ Corrected Categories

##### AT
- 10:30
- noon / midday
- midnight
- bedtime

##### ON
- Sunday
- Tuesday afternoon
- my birthday
- May 5
- Wednesday evening
- Monday morning
- a weekday
- the weekend
- a holiday

##### IN
- February
- winter
- spring
- fall / autumn
- 2013
- the 1990s
- summer
- the morning
- the evening
- night
- the afternoon

✔ Yes — that makes sense.

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✔ Final Answer:

| AT | ON | IN |
|----------------------|----------------------------|------------------------|
| 10:30 | Sunday | February |
| noon / midday | Tuesday afternoon | winter |
| midnight | my birthday | spring |
| bedtime | May 5 | fall / autumn |
| | Wednesday evening | 2013 |
| | Monday morning | the 1990s |
| | a weekday | summer |
| | the weekend | the morning |
| | a holiday | the evening |
| | | night |
| | | the afternoon |

> Note: The table has 10 rows, and we have 10 items per column? Let’s count:

- AT: 4 items
- ON: 9 items
- IN: 11 items

So we’ll fill them accordingly.

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📝 Summary of Rules

- AT: Specific times (clock times, meals, fixed moments)
- ON: Days, dates, specific parts of days
- IN: Months, years, seasons, decades, general times of day

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✔ This completes the task!

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