Grammar 04

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Prepositions of time
	At
	Times of day
	At 4 o’clock
	At 10:30
	At noon 
	At midnight
	Mealtimes 
	At lunchtime 
	At dinnertime
	At breakfast time 
	Holidays
	At Christmas 
	At Easter
	At the weekend
	Expressions 
	At present
	At the moment 
	At night
	In
	Months
	In April 
	In March
	In November
	Seasons 
	In the summer
	In the spring 
	In the fall
	Years 
	In 1990
	In 2000
	In 2010
	Decades 
	In the 20th century
	In the first century 
	In the sixth century
	Long periods
	In the ice age
	In the present
	In the past
	Parts of the day
	In the morning 
	In the afternoon 
	In the evening 
	At night Exception 
	On
	Days 
	On Tuesday
	On Saturday
	On my birthday 
	On Christmas day
	On Halloween
	Dates 
	On 15th June
	On 20th May
	On our anniversary 
	Parts of specific day 
	On Monday morning
	On Friday evening
	On Saturday night
	On Sunday afternoon
	Last/next at/on/in
	Call me next weekend.
	I met her last Friday.
Prepositions use
	Use at with times of day, including mealtimes, bedtimes, etc.
	At 3 o’clock, at 10:30, at noon
	At dinnertime, at bedtime
	At sunrise, at sunset, at the moment
	Use in with months, seasons, years, decades, centuries and long periods of time in general.
	In May, in the summer, in the 1990
	In the 1990s, in the 20th century
	In the Ice Age, in the past/future
	Use on flowed by days and dates
	On Sunday, on Tuesday mornings, on 6 March 
	On 25 December 2010, on Christmas Day
	On Independence Day, on my birthday, on New Year’s Eve
	Use at in the following common expressions:
	At the weekend: I don’t usually work at the weekend.
	At Christmas/Easter: I stay with my family at Christmas.
	At the same time: We finished the test at the same time. 
	At present/at the moment: He’s not home at present. Try later. 
	Parts of the day
	In the morning
	In the afternoon 
	In the evening 
	At night 
Last, next, every and this 
	When we say last, next, every, this, we do not use at, in, on
	I went to London last June.
	He’s coming back next Tuesday 
	I go home every Easter 
	We’ll call you this evening.
Can/can’t – form 
	Positive 
	I/you/he/she/etc. can sing
	Negative 
	I/you/he/she/etc. cannot sing
	I/you/he/she/etc. can’t sing
	Question
	Can I/you/he/she/etc. sing?
	Short answer
	Yes, I/you/he/she/etc. can.
	No, I/you/he/she/etc. cannot.
	No, I/you/he/she/etc. can’t.
Can/can’t – use 
	Ability 
	Laura can sing very well.
	I can’t speak German.
	Permission 
	Can I sit here?
	You can’t park your car here.
	Possibility 
	I can’t come to the party.
	Can you go?
	Ordering/asking for something 
	Can I have a soda, please?
	Can you drive me to the station?
Can, can’t – form 
Infinitive without to
	We use can + infinitive without to
	I can swim.
	We can’t come.
No -s after he/she/it 
	We don’t add -s after he/she/it. We use can for all persons.
	He can swim.
No do/don’t 
	Can is an auxiliary verb and has a negative and interrogative form. We don’t use do/don’t to make questions and negatives 
	Can you swim?
	He can’t swim.
Can/can’t – use 
Ability 
	We use can/can’t to talk about ability in the present
	Laura can sing very well.
	I can’t speak German.
Possibility
	We use can/can’t to ask for permission or to say if something is possible or not
	Can I sit here?
	You can’t vote if you aren’t 18 years old.
	I’m sorry but I can’t come to the party.
Ask for something 
	We use can/can’t to ask for something and to order in bars, restaurants, shops, etc.
	Can you lend me some money?
	Can I have some water, please?
	Can I have a burger and a soda?