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PREPOSITIONS OF TIME "IN", "ON" and "AT"
Dialog: "In two weeks, you'll be a new person."

We use "in" before months and years, and before time in the form of a number of days, weeks, etc. "On" is used before specific days of the week and dates. "At" is used before a precise time and holidays. Check out some examples.

1) IN

• I'm going to travel to Argentina in January. (Eu vou viajar para a Argentina em janeiro.)
• Jennifer is having surgery in five weeks. (A Jennifer vai fazer uma cirurgia em cinco semanas.)
• My parents got married in 1978. (Os meus pais se casaram em 1978.)

2) ON

• Most people don't like to work on Mondays. (A maioria das pessoas não gosta de trabalhar às segundas-feiras.)
• My birthday is on January 7th. (O meu aniversário é no dia 7 de janeiro.)
• I'm going to finish this report on Tuesday. (Eu vou terminar esse relatório na terça-feira.)

3) AT

• I'm going out to lunch at 1 o'clock today. (Eu vou sair para almoçar à 1h hoje.)
• At Christmas, we usually stay home with our family. (No natal, nós normalmente ficamos em casa com a nossa família.)
• I have a dentist appointment at 2:30 tomorrow. (Eu tenho uma consulta no dentista às 14:30h amanhã.)

** When we say last, next, every, and this, we do not use in, on nor at.

• I went to London last June. (not in last June)
• He's coming back next Tuesday. (not on next Tuesday)
• I go home every Easter. (not at every Easter)
• We'll call you this evening. (not in this evening)