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Time prepositions
Prepositions are small grammatical words that usually go before nouns and pronouns. There are many different prepositions that are used to describe where things are, how things happen and when things happen, for example. In this Grammar Challenge we focus on the prepositions we use with certain time expressions

Today Hiroko from Japan is challenged to choose the correct prepositions.

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Time prepositions

At – for times of the day	at half past 7 at midnight at sunset at breakfast time
On - for days and dates	on the 5th of June on Tuesdays, on Saturday morning on Christmas day
In - for longer periods of time	in April in 1987 in the winter of 1976 in the 1930s
No preposition – for some time words	next last tomorrow yesterday

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