ENGLISH GRAMMAR CHALLENGE: AT, ON, or IN? | Prepositions

Can you use *“at”, “on”,* and *“in”* correctly and confidently in English? Find out here! First, we’ll do a quiz to see if you know how to use these common prepositions of time and place. Then I’ll explain the easy rules, and finally we’ll do a test to check what you’ve learned. Yes, you can master these important prepositions today! https://www.engvid.com/grammar-challenge-at-on-in/ Watch my previous videos about the triangle method: https://youtu.be/G01SFcou6P4 https://youtu.be/tIuUgJMjrQ0 In this lesson: 0:00 Test Your English! AT, ON, or IN? 1:02 AT, ON, IN for time 3:29 AT, ON, IN for place 4:56 When to use AT, ON, or IN 8:36 Practice Sentences – AT, ON, IN Transcript: Hi. I'm Rebecca from engVid, and welcome to this grammar challenge on your favourite topic, which is prepositions. I know. Okay. So, today, we're going to review three prepositions, which I know you love, at, on, and in, as related to time and place. Okay? Now, I do have separate lessons on each of these topics. You know that I had one lesson which shows me doing this, which is a triangle or a pyramid, which I will explain to you later in case you haven't seen that. But if you make mistakes in this lesson, or you're even unsure, even if you're right but you really weren't sure, then please watch those complete lessons on prepositions of time and place, specifically at, on, and in. Okay? I'll give you links to those two lessons as well. Alright. Are you ready? Let's begin. So, what do we use? Which preposition? I put all the time here, and I put places on that side, just to make it a little bit easier for you, I hope. Okay. So, what do we say? Blank 1230. What do we say? At 1230. Okay? Now, if you like, you can pause the video and write the answers. If you need a little more time to think, do that. Otherwise, let's continue. Number two. Blank July. We say in July. Okay? Maybe after I say it, it'd be a good idea for you to say it as well. Say the correct answer, okay? It helps your brain to remember which preposition to use. Okay? Next, number three. Blank my birthday. We say on my birthday. Okay? I hope you got that one. Number four. Blank 2028. The year, 2028. We say in 2028. Number five. Blank Monday. We say on Monday. The last one, blank midnight, which should be at midnight. Okay? Now, hopefully, this was not just guesswork for you. Eventually, when you're really fluent in the language, the right prepositions will come. They will come, I promise you. In the meantime, it helps to understand that we're not just randomly choosing them, but there is a little bit of logic behind it, which I'm going to explain to you as soon as we finish the other ones on the other side, which also have their own logic. So, please choose now at, on, and in as related to places. Number seven. Blank Japan. We say in Japan. Blank 125 Park Street. We say at 125 Park Street. Number nine. Blank the 15th floor. It should be on the 15th floor. Good. Number ten. Blank the cafe. This is at the cafe. Very good. Number 11. Blank Europe. That one is in Europe. And number 12. Blank Atlantic Avenue. That is on Atlantic Avenue. Okay? So, I hope you got them all right. Okay? I really hope that you've got it, but let's - if you were unsure, even, if you got it right, but you're a little unsure, let's be really sure because these prepositions show up so often. We need to use them every day. All right? So, let's look at the logic. Now, as I said, I've explained this in much more detail in the detailed lessons, specific lessons, but let me give you an overview of what's going on here. So, what matters here is that whether we're talking about time or whether we're talking about place, what's very specific, we use "at". We use "at" for a very specific point in time or a very specific place. At 5 o'clock. At a specific place, such as at the restaurant, at the coffee shop, at the hotel. Okay? At 5 o'clock. At 3.30. A very specific time or place is "at". We use the preposition "at". Let's look at time now with "on". We use "on" for something which is a little bit wider than a specific point in time. We use "on" for a day or a date. So, on Monday, on January 15th, and so on. One day or one date. Let's go further this way. Then we use "in". "In" is the widest. So, anything more than one day or one date, we say "in". For example, in July, in the year 2000, in the summer, in the winter, in the 1960s. Anything more than one day, usually, we will be saying "in". One day or one date, "on". Specific time, "at". "At", "on", and "in". Okay? Think of the pyramid, it'll help you. Next, let's apply the same principle to places. So, as I said, at the restaurant, at the airport, at the hotel, okay? At the office, it's a specific place. Then we get a little bit wider. It's kind of horizontal places, almost. So, for example, we say "on the street", okay? "On that street", "on Bloor Street", or "on the 15th floor". […]