时间介词(at, in ,on) 的用法与练习

1. at指时间表示：

（1）时间的一点、时刻等。如：

They came home at sunrise （at noon, at midnight, at ten o’clock, at daybreak, at dawn）.

（2）较短暂的一段时间。可指某个节日或被认为是一年中标志大事的日子。如： He went home at Christmas （at New Year, at the Spring Festival, at night）.

2. in指时间表示：

（1）在某个较长的时间（如世纪、朝代、年、月、季节以及泛指的上午、下午或傍晚等）内。如：

in 2004, in March, in spring, in the morning, in the evening, etc

（2）在一段时间之后。一般情况下，用于将来时，谓语动词为瞬间动词，意为“在……以后”。如：

He will arrive in two hours.

谓语动词为延续性动词时，in意为“在……以内”。如：

These products will be produced in a month.

注意：after用于将来时间也指一段时间之后，但其后的时间是“一点”，而不是“一段”。如：

He will arrive after two o’clock.

3. on指时间表示：

（1）具体的时日和一个特定的时间，如某日、某节日、星期几等。如： On Christmas Day（On May 4th）, there will be a celebration.

（2）在某个特定的早晨、下午或晚上。如：

He arrived at 10 o’clock on the night of the 5th.

（3）准时，按时。如：

If the train should be on time, I should reach home before dark.

练 习

( ) 1. Children get gifts ____ Christmas and ____ their birthdays.

A. on; on B. at; on C. in; in D. in; on

( ) 2.----There is nothing ____tomorrow afternoon, is there? -----No. We can have a game of table tennis.

A. on B. in C. out D. up

( ) 3. A lot of students in our school were born ____ March, 1981.

A. in B. at C. on D. since

( ) 4. He suddenly returned____ a rainy night.

A. on B. at C. in D. during

( ) 5. My grandfather was born ____ Oct. 10, 1935.

A. on B. in C. at D. of

( ) 6. The train is starting ___ five minutes.

A. in B. at C. for D. still

( ) 7. Mike does his exercises ____ seven _____ the evening.

A. on; to B. at; in C. by; of D. at; on

( ) 8. Children wake up very early ____ the morning of Christmas Day.

A. in B. on C. for D. at

( ) 9 ____ a cold winter morning, I met her in the street.

A. In B. On C. At D. For

( ) 10 It happened to be very cold____ the morning of our sports meeting.

A. at B. on C. with D. of

( ) 11. Why did you get up so early ___ this morning.

A. on B. / C. at D. in

( ) 12. He went to Shanghai___ September 3, 1991 and came back___ a cold morning last year.

A. in; on B. on; in C. on; on D. in; in

( ) 13. Lucy was born____ the night of May 12, 1984. . ...

A. on B. in C. at D. to

( ) 14. Mrs Brown came to China ____ 1996.

A.on B. of C. to, D. in

( ) 15 ___ the morning of November 20, 1915, the workers came to Chicago to show their mourning of Joe Hill.

A. On B. In C. On D. At

( ) 16. Ann moved ___ Hangzhou ___ September, 1992.

A. /; in B. to; in C. to; on D, in; in

( ) 17. They started off ___ an autumn afternoon.

A. during B. at C. in D. on

( ) 18. He often goes ____ school ____ six thirty ____ the morning.

A. for; to; in B. to; at; in C. to; for; at D, for; at; to

( ) 19. He arrived ___ Shanghai ___ 9: 30 ___ March 5.

A. at; in; at B. to; on; at C. in; on; at D. in; at; on

( ) 20.The English teacher told me to get there____ half past ten.

A: in B. at C. on D. of

答案：

B A A A A A B B B B B C A D B A D B D B