Hello, please I need your help. I have some doubts about the use of the prepositions ON/IN/AT and I want to know the accurate choice for these sentences:
What time do you usually arrive at/to/- work in the morning?
Bob is a very fast runner. He can run 100 metres in/on 10 seconds.
What are you doing in/on/at the weekend?
There are usually a lot of parties on/at New Year s Eve.
I haven t seen Kate for some time. I last saw her on/at Dave s wedding.
Thanks a lot.
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Hi,
I wasn't sure about all of them, but my boyfriend is a native speaker, so I just went ahead and asked him.
Here's what he said:
What time do you usually arrive AT work in the morning?
(He told me that you might also find the combination 'arriving to work')
Bob is a very fast runner. He can run 100 metres IN 10 seconds.
What are you doing ON the weekend?
There are usually a lot of parties ON New Years Eve.
I havent seen Kate for some time. I last saw her at Daves wedding.
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I also found online an information about it with a chart for the prepositions and examples. You might wanna have a look at it:
http://esl.about.com/library/beginner/bleasypreps.htm
I wasn't sure about all of them, but my boyfriend is a native speaker, so I just went ahead and asked him.
Here's what he said:
What time do you usually arrive AT work in the morning?
(He told me that you might also find the combination 'arriving to work')
Bob is a very fast runner. He can run 100 metres IN 10 seconds.
What are you doing ON the weekend?
There are usually a lot of parties ON New Years Eve.
I havent seen Kate for some time. I last saw her at Daves wedding.
***
I also found online an information about it with a chart for the prepositions and examples. You might wanna have a look at it:
http://esl.about.com/library/beginner/bleasypreps.htm
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:) Thank you for the reply. Can you help with these ones:
They went out for a meal in/on/at the wedding aniversary
One of the strings on/in my guitar is broken
W d better stop at/in/- the next garage
There is another entrance on/at the back
Is there anything interesting in/on the paper today?
Thanks again.
They went out for a meal in/on/at the wedding aniversary
One of the strings on/in my guitar is broken
W d better stop at/in/- the next garage
There is another entrance on/at the back
Is there anything interesting in/on the paper today?
Thanks again.
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prepositions
If you would like some more practice using at/in/on
I invite you to try a preposition quiz on my website:
http://www.geocities.com/bwkcaj_ca/Quizzes/Airplane.htm
I invite you to try a preposition quiz on my website:
http://www.geocities.com/bwkcaj_ca/Quizzes/Airplane.htm