介词in, on与at都可用于表示时间的名词前,但用法各不相同,其区别在于:
一、用in的场合
(1)表示“在某年/月/季节”这个含义时,须用介词in。例如:
She came to this city in 1980.他于1980年来到这个城市。
It often rains here in summer.夏天这里常常下雨。
(2)表示“从现在起一段时间以后”时,须用介词in。例如:
They will go to see you in a week.他们将在一周后去看望你。
I will be back in a month.我将在一个月后回来。
(3)表示“在某世纪”时,须用介词in.例如:
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.(4)表示“在某年代或特定世纪某年代”时,须用介词in。例如:
This incident happened in the 1970““““s.该事件发生在20世纪70年代。
The Anti-Japanese War broke out in the 1930““““s.抗日战争爆发于20世纪30年代。
(5)除此之外,morning / evening / afternoon三个词也常跟介词in连用。例如:Don“t watch TV too much in the evening.晚上看电视不要太多。
They sometimes play games in the afternoon.他们有时在下午做游戏。
二、用on的场合
(1)表示“在详尽的某一天”或“(在详尽的某一天的)早上、中午、晚上”等,须用介词on。例如:
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。
(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。例如: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。(3)表示“在某一节日”时,须用介词on。例如:
We usually eat moon cakes 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。
三、用at的场合
(1)表示“某一详尽时刻(即几点几分时)”,须用介词at。例如:
He gets up at six o“clock every day .他每天六点起床。
I got home at five thirty yesterday afternoon.我昨天下午五点半到家。
(2)用在特定的时候(时节、时机)时,须用介词at。例如:
They were happy at that time.他们那时很美满。
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。
(3)表示“在中午、在夜晚、在周末”时,须用介词at。例如:
What do you often do at noon?你中午经常做些什么?
You can see many stars in the sky at night.夜晚你能看到天空中有许多星星。
(4)表示“在……岁”时,须用介词at。例如:
At the age of nine ,the boy could swim well.在九岁的时候,这孩子就游泳游得很好了。
At the age of twenty, I began to teach English at this school.在二十岁的时候,我就开始在这所学校教英语了。
注意: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。例如: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?
练习
() 1. Children get gifts ____ Christmas and ____ their birthdays.
A. on; onB. at; onC. in; inD. in; on
() 2.----There is nothing ____tomorrow afternoon, is there? -----No. We can have agame of table tennis.
A. onB. inC. outD. up
() 3. A lot of students in our school were born____March, 1981.
A. inB. atC. onD. since
() 4. He suddenly returned____ a rainy night.
A. onB. atC. inD. during
() 5. My grandfather was born____Oct. 10, 1935.
A. onB. inC. atD. of
() 6. The train is starting___five minutes.
A. inB. atC. forD.still
() 7. Mike does his exercises ____ seven _____ the evening.
A. on; toB. at; inC. by; ofD. at; on
() 8. Children wake up very early____the morning of Christmas Day.
A. inB. onC. forD. at
() 9 ____ a cold winter morning, I met her in the stfeet.
A. InB. OnC. AtD. For
() 10 It happened to be very cold____ the morning of our sports meeting.
A. atB. onC. withD. of
() 11. Why did you get up so early ___ this morning.
A. onB. /C. atD. in
()12.HewenttoShanghai___September3,1991andcameback___acoldmorning last year.
A. in; onB. on; inC. on; onD. in; ia
() 13. Lucy was born____ the night of May 12, 1984. . ...
A. onB. inC. atD. to
() 14. Mrs Brown came to China ____ 1996.
A.onB. ofC. to,D. in
() 15 ___ the morning of November 20, 1915, the workers came to Chicago to showtheir mourning of Joe Hill.
A. OnB. InC. OnD. At
() 16. Ann moved___Hangzhou___September, 1992.
A. /; inB. to; inC. to; onD, in; in
() 17. They started off___an autumn afternoon.
A. duringB. atC. inD. on
() 18. He often goes ____ school ____ six thirty ____ the morning.
A. for; to; inB. to; at; inC. to; for; atD, for; at; to
() 19. He arrived ___ Shanghai ___ 9: 30 ___ March 5.A. at; in; at B. to; on; atC. in; on; at D. in; at; on
() 20.The English teacher told me to get there____ half past ten.
A: inB. atC. onD. of
答案:B A A A AA B B B BB C A D BA D B D B下载本文