The helicopter took off at midday and headed for the island. At the New Year , millions of people travel home to be with their families but we say on your birthday. What time are you leaving? We moved into this house on 25 October The office is closed on Fridays.
The garden is wonderful in the spring when all the flowers come out. The population of Europe doubled in the nineteenth century. We use at to talk about public holidays and weekends, but when we talk about a particular special day or weekend, we use on.
We never go away at the New Year because the traffic is awful. The folk festival is always held on the last weekend in July. We use in with morning, afternoon, evening and night , but we use on when we talk about a specific morning, afternoon, etc. I always work best in the morning. I often get tired in the afternoon. The ship left the harbour on the morning of the ninth of November. In the evening they used to sit outside and watch the sun going down. In the night usually refers to one particular night; at night refers to any night in general:.
I was awake in the night , thinking about all the things that have happened. We use at the end often with of to talk about the point in time where something finishes. We use in the end to talk about things that happen after a long time or after a series of other events:. At the end of the film, everyone was crying. We use at the beginning often with of to talk about the point where something starts. We usually use in the beginning when we contrast two situations in time:.
At the beginning of every lesson, the teacher told the children a little story. In the beginning , nobody understood what was happening, but after she explained everything very carefully, things were much clearer. He was such a clever musician. He could learn a song in about five minutes. We can also say in three days, without time, in this example.
