时间介词in,on,at用法详解
一、关于时间介词at
in
on
at
in
on
三个介词在英语教材中是一个重点中的重点,经常出现在各种小型或者大型的考试中。很多学生会弄混淆这三个介词的用法,以下则针对这三个介词,具体讲述这三个介词的用法和区别。
批注:at、in、on也可以是方位介词,有的学生会混淆它们作为方位介词和时间介词的用法。在上课时,有必要的话要给学生说明它们在作方位介词和时间介词的区别。
二、时间介词at
用at的场合
(1)表示“某一具体时刻(即几点几分时)”,须用介词at。
e.g:
I
get
up
at
six
every
day
.我每天六点起床。
I
got
home
at
five
yesterday
afternoon.我昨天下午五点到家。
(2)用在特定的时候(时节、时机)时,须用介词at。
e.g.
They
were
happy
at
that
time.他们那时很幸福。
I
think
the
shop
is
closed
at
this
time
of
day.我认为商店在白天的这个时候关门了。
批注:at
that
time“在那时”可以让学生作为一个固定词组来记忆。看图片“at
that
time”简称“ATTT”
(3)表示“在中午、在夜晚、在周末”时,须用介词at。
e.g.
Do
you
often
have
a
rest
at
noon?你中午经常午睡吗?
You
can
see
many
stars
in
the
sky
at
night.夜晚你能看到天空中有许多星星。
I
often
go
to
visit
my
grandparents
at
weekends.
我常在周末去看望我的祖父母。
批注:at
night,
at
noon,
at
weekends在平时学习中都是作为固定词组来讲解,因此,这些常考的at的词组让学生背熟,并多做练习即可以掌握。
(4)表示“在……岁”时,须用介词at。
e.g:
He
started
learning
English
at
the
age
of
five.他五岁开始学英语。
She
was
still
beautiful
at
the
age
of
forty.
她活到四十岁还是很美。
(5)在含有next
,last,this,one
,any,
each,
every
,
some,
all的词组和tomorrow,yesterday,
the
day
after
tomorrow,
the
day
before
yesterday
前不用任何介词。
e.g.
What
did
you
do
last
summer
holidays 去年暑假你做了些什么?
What
are
you
going
to
do
the
day
after
tomorrow 后天你打算做什么
批注:“at
the
age
of
+年龄”仍然是数以固定词组一类。
三、时间介词in?
用in的场合
批注:如果学生的理解能力比较强,可以这样讲解“in后面接的都是一段时间”。比如“在五月--in
May”。无论是在在“五月一日”还是在“五月三十一日”都是属于“在五月”,并且“五月一日--五月三十一日”这是一段时间,因此in后面接的是表示一段时间的名词。
(1)表示“在某年/月/季节”这个含义时,须用介词in。
e.g.
She
came
to
this
city
in
1990.她于1990年来到这个城市。
I
plan
to
go
on
a
trip
in
July.
我计划在七月去旅行。
It
is
very
hot
here
in
summer.这儿的夏季非常热。
(2)表示“从现在起一段时间以后”时,须用介词in。
e.g.
They
will
go
to
see
you
in
a
week.他们将在一周后去看望你。
I
will
come
back
in
two
days.我两天后回来。
批注:对“in
a
week/in
a
month”的提问可以拓展一下。how
soon用于“in+一段时间”提问;how
long/how
often/how
far是对什么进行提问呢?
(3)表示“在某世纪”时,须用介词in.
e.g:
This
machine
was
invented
in
the
eighteenth
century.这台机器是在18世纪发明的.
Great
changes
took
place
in
the
twentieth
century.20世纪发生了巨大变化.
批注:例句中的一些单词词组如“invent、take
place”有的学生并不知道它们的意思,老师在讲解例句时可以在黑板上列出学生不熟单词的意思。
(4)表示“在某年代或特定世纪某年代”时,须用介词in。
e.g:
The
Anti-Japanese
War
broke
out
in
the
1930's.抗日战争爆发于20世纪30年代.
批注:
in
the
evening、in
the
afternoon、in
the
morning是常跟介词in连用的固定短语,需要学生熟练背诵。这样在解题时不需要考虑太多。
四、时间介词on
用on的场合
(1)表示“在具体的某一天”或“(在具体的某一天的)早上、中午、晚上”等,须用介词on。
e.g.
Jack
was
born
on
May
10th,1982.杰克生于1982年5月10日。
They
left
on
a
rainy
morning.他们是在一个雨天的早上离开的。
He
went
back
to
America
on
a
summer
afternoon.他于一个夏天的下午返回了美国。
批注:象“on
a
rainy
morning”“on
a
summer
afternoon”这样表示在具体某一天的上午或下午的一定要向学生强调要用介词on。多数学生对于“具体某一天”这样的概念理解不清,那么通过具体的例子可以向学生清晰的展示什么是“具体的某一天”。如例句中的“1982年5月10日”,“5月10日”就是具体到了“某一天”。在考试中,常考的不是“某年某月某日”,而是“on+a/an+表天气或季节的词+早上、中午、晚上”这样的结构。
(2)表示“在星期几”或“在星期几的早上、中午、晚上”等,须用介词on。
e.g.
We
don't
go
to
school
on
Saturday
and
Sunday.我们星期六和星期天不上学。
What
time
do
you
get
up
on
weekdays 你在平日什么时候起床?
I
heard
this
story
on
Saturday
morning.我是在星期六的早晨听到这个故事的。
批注:on
Sunday,
on
Monday,
on
Tuesday等等可以作为固定短语来背诵。
(3)表示“在某一节日”时,须用介词on。
e.g:
We
usually
eat
mooncakes
on
Mid-autumn
Festival.我们通常在中秋节吃月饼。
Mr
Hu
received
a
card
on
Teachers'
Day.胡老师在教师节那天收到了一张卡片。
批注:当morning,evening,afternoon被of短语修饰,习惯上用in,而不用on.例如:in
the
early
morning
of
September
10th
在9月10的清晨;in
the
late
afternoon
of
September
12th
在9月12日的傍晚。
例题
1. The train is starting__A__five minutes.
A. in
B. at
C. for
D.still
2. Mike does his exercises __B__ seven _____ the evening.
A. on; to
B. at; in
C. by; of
D. at; on
3. Children wake up very early__B__the morning of Christmas Day.
A. in B. on C. for D. at
4. __B__ a cold winter morning, I met her in the street.
A. In
B. On
C. At
D. For
5.I
get
up
early
__B__
the
morning,
but
___
Sunday
morning
I
get
up
very
late.
A.
on;in
B.
in;on
C.
in;in
D.
on;on
课堂检测
选用at、in、on填空,不需要的请填“/”。
1.
Mary
usually
reads
English
at
night.
2.
Mary
often
reads
English
in
the
night.
3.
Mary
left
school
on
the
night
of
May
4.
4.
Mary
left
home
on
a
rainy
night.
5.
A
terrible
earthquake
happened
in
Wenchuan
on
May,
2008.
6.
Where
were
you
at
that
time
yesterday
7.
We
will
return
from
Beijing
in
a
few
days.
8.
What
did
you
do
/
the
day
before
yesterday
9. Mrs Brown came to China
in1996.
10.
Why
did
you
get
up
so
early
in
this
morning.
时间介词In、on、at
的课堂练习
一、用介词in
on
at填空
__in___1999
__at___9:45
____in_the
evening
___on__Monday
evening
___in___June
___in____the
afternoon
___at____noon
__at____night
__on___Children’s
Day
__on__Teachers’Day
___at__8
o’clock
___in____Summer
___in____May
___in___May,1999
_____on___May15th,1999
二、单选
(
)
1.
Children
get
gifts
____
Christmas(圣诞节)
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
stfeet.
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
A:
in
B.
at
C.
on
D.
of
Keys:1-10:B
A
A
A
A
A
B
B
B
B
(
)
1.
Why
did
you
get
up
so
early
___
this
morning.
A.
on
B.
/
C.
at
D.
in
(
)
2.
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;
ia
(
)
3.
Lucy
was
born____
the
night
of
May
12,
1984.
.
...
A.
on
B.
in
C.
at
D.
to
(
)
4.
Mrs
Brown
came
to
China
____
1996.
A.on
B.
of
C.
to,
D.
in
(
)
5
___
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
(
)
6.
Ann
moved___Hangzhou___September,
1992.
A.
/;
in
B.
to;
in
C.
to;
on
D,
in;
in
(
)
7.
They
started
off___an
autumn
afternoon.
A.
during
B.
at
C.
in
D.
on
(
)
8.
He
often
goes
____
school
____
six
thirty
____
the
morning.
A.
for;
to;
in
B.
to;
at;
in
C.
to;
for;
at
D,
for;
at;
to
(
)
9.
He
arrived
___
Shanghai
___
9:
30
___
March
5.
A.
at;
in;
at
B.
to;
on;
at
C.
in;
on;
at
D.
in;
at;
on
(
)
10.The
English
teacher
told
me
to
get
there____
half
past
ten.
A:
in
B.
at
C.
on
D.
of
Keys:1-10:B
C
A
D
B
A
D
B
D
B
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