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Preposition of place and time:

A_ Preposition of place:

1- "at", "in", and "on" are usually used in the following cases:

• "at" for a point. 
• "in" for an enclosed space. 
• "on" for a surface.

Examples:

           > at :

                      _ at the corner.

                      _ at the bus stop.

                      _ at the top of the page.

           > in :

                     _ in the garden.

                     _ in London/France.

                     _ in a box.

           > on : 

                     _ on the wall.

                     _ on the door.

                     _ on the cover.

 2- "at", "in" and "on" are also used with certain expressions:

 

Examples:

         > at :

                   _ at home.      _ at work.

                    _ at school.     _ at university.

                     _ at the top.      _ at the bottom.

        > in :

                   _ in a taxi/car.    _ in the news paper.

                   _ in the sky.       _ in the center/middle of.

                   _ in front of.      _ in arrow.

         > on :

                   _ on a bicycle.   _ on a motorbike.

                   _ on a horse/donkey/camel.

                   _ on the left/right.     _ on the way.

B_ Prepositions of time:

- "at", "in" and "on" are usually used in the following cases:

•  at :

                 _ at 7 O'clock.    _ at night.    
                 _at dinner/lunch/breakfast
                 _ at weekends/the weekend.
                 _ at the end/beginning of.

•   in : 

                 _ in the morning/evening.
                 _ in Summer/Winter/Autumn/spring.
                 _ in 1998/2009.
                 _ in a minute/10 minutes. 

•   on : 

                 _ on Monday/Sunday.
                 _ on February 22^nd.
                 _ on Friday evening/afternoon.
 

Examples:

1.             We exercise on Wednesday and Saturday.
2.             I visited Marrakech for the first time in 2012.
3.             It gets very hot in Summer in Ouarzazate.
4.            My birthday is on February 2^nd.
5.            My brother usually come to home at night.
6.            John is going to start his new job in November.