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C          Grammar



                    Read these sentences.


                           We went to Bhubaneswar in June.

                           The train leaves at 3.20 p.m.

                           Dr Prasad became president on 26 January 1950.

                           Zainab came to the playground before 4 o’clock.

                           She went back home after the game.

                           Satish will be here by this evening.

                           Hanif talked on the phone for twenty minutes.


                    The highlighted words tell us when something happened.

                           When did we go to Bhubaneswar?                     In June.

                           When will Satish be here?                          By this evening.


                                   We use in with

                     years                    in 2009

                     months                   in August

                     seasons                  in summer

                     parts of the day         in the morning



                                                      We use at with

                     the clock time                               at 7.35 p.m.


                     festivals                                    at Diwali, at Christmas, at Eid

                     the time an event takes place                at the end of the film, at dawn



                                         We use on with

                     the day of the week            on Saturday

                     a date                         on 5 November





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