* AT: để chỉ thời gian chính xác
* IN: dùng cho tháng, năm, thế kỷ và những thời kỳ dài
* ON: cho thứ, ngày
Vd:
at 3 o’clock / at 10.30am / at noon / at dinnertime / at bedtime / at sunrise / at sunset / at the moment
in May/ in summer/ in 1990/ in the next century/ in the Ice Age/ in the past
on Sunday/ on Tuesdays/ on 6 March/ on 25 Dec. 2010/ on Christmas Day/ on Independence Day/ on my birthday/ on New Year’s Eve
in May/ in summer/ in 1990/ in the next century/ in the Ice Age/ in the past
on Sunday/ on Tuesdays/ on 6 March/ on 25 Dec. 2010/ on Christmas Day/ on Independence Day/ on my birthday/ on New Year’s Eve
Vd:
I have a meeting at 9am.
The shop closes at midnight.
Jane went home at lunchtime.
In England, it often snows in December.
Do you think we will go to Jupiter in the future?
There should be a lot of progress in the next century.
Do you work on Mondays?
Her birthday is on 20 November.
Where will you be on New Year’s Day?
Chú ý sử dụng giới từ AT trong một số cụm từ tiêu chuẩn sau:
at night (The stars shine at night.)
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 (He’s not home at present. Try later.)
* Chú ý sử dụng giới từ In và ON trong một số cụm từ tiêu chuẩn sau:
in the morning /on Tuesday morning
in the mornings /on Saturday mornings
in the afternoon(s) /on Sunday afternoons
in the evening(s) /on Monday evening
* Khi ta dùng last, next, every, this thì không dùng giới từ at, in, on nữa:
I went to London last June. (not in last June)
He’s coming back next Tuesday. (not on next Tuesday)
I go home every Easter. (not at every Easter)
We’ll call you this evening. (not in this evening)
(sưu tầm)
Trung tâm tiếng Anh Newsky
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