Penggunaan Preposition of Time At On In

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Good morning class!!!

How’s your day? Last topic we discussed about superlative adjective. Now let’s continue our discussion.

Before finding out the topic, we’ll try to guess the topic based on these questions. “Are you busy on Friday?”, “Do you have a breakfast at 7 o’clock?” “Will you go to school in summer?”

Seluruh pertanyaan tersebut berkaitan dengan waktu. Tapi setiap pertanyaan tersebut terdapat on, at, in. Can you guess the topic?

Kita akan bahas mengenai penggunaan PREPOSITION OF TIME AT ON IN. Bagaimakah penggunaannya?

Kita mungkin sering merasa bingung untuk menentukan preposition yang tepat untuk jam, hari, bulan dll.

Apakah kita menggunakan on/at/in Sunday? At/in/on July? At/on/in 6 o’clock? Mari kita bahas!

Penggunaan Preposition of Time At On In

Kita menggunakan preposition of time:

At untuk waktu yang sudah pasti/tepat.
On untuk hari (days), tanggal (dates)
In untuk bulan (months), tahun (years), abad (centuries), jangka waktu yang panjang (long periods), musim (seasons).

Preposition of Time	Penggunaan	Contoh
AT	Waktu yang pasti/tepat	At 9.20 o'clock
		At 8.30 p.m.
		At 3. 25 a.m.
		At night
		At noon
		At dawn
		At sunset
		At breakfast time
		At dinner time
		At weekend [UK]

Contoh dalam kalimat:

I’ll be there at 9 o’clock.
Please come to my home at 3.25 a.m.
My mom will arrive home at night.
I woke up at dawn because of the crying baby.
We always gather at dinner time.
Let’s go to the Zoo at weekend!

Preposition of Time	Penggunaan	Contoh
ON	Hari (days)	On Sunday
		On Tuesday
		On Saturday night
		On Tuesday morning
		On Independence day
		On my birthday
		On mother's day
		On weekend [US]
	Tanggal (dates)	On 7th of July 2015
		On 5th of March
		On 21st of May

Contoh dalam kalimat:

I’ll meet Mrs. Lestari on Tuesday.
The first time they met was on Saturday night.
I send my mom flower on Mother’s day.
She was born on 16^th of May 1992.
The conference will be held on 7^th of July 2015.

Preposition of Time	Penggunaan	Contoh
IN	Bulan (months)	In January
		In November
	Tahun (years)	In 1992
		In 2015
	Abad (centuries)	In the 20th century
		In the 19th century
	Jangka waktu panjang (long period)	In the past
		In the future
	Musim (seasons)	In summer
		In winter
		In spring
	Ketetapan baku	In the morning
		In the afternoon
		In the evening

Contoh dalam kalimat:

The car accident happened in November.
Many sport cars are produced in 2015.
The scientists will announce their research in the 20^{th Century.}
Do you want to be a doctor in the future?
We couldn’t go to school in winter.
I wake up in the morning.

Perhatian!!!

Ada beberapa kata menunjukan waktu yang tidak perlu menggunakan preposition of time: at, on, in, diantaranya:

Tanpa Preposition of Time	Contoh
Every	Every day, every Tuesday
This	This week, this afternoon
Last	Last month, last night
Next	Next year, next week
	Tomorrow, today, nyesterday