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Prepositions of time “ON” AND “AT” WITH “THE WEEKEND”

When talking about the
weekend, US English
Prepositions of time are often used to talk about See also: uses “on,” whereas UK “On the weekend” is more common in the US.
schedules and routines. They give information about Present perfect continuous 12 English uses “at.”
when something happens, and how long it lasts. Prepositions 105

“ON” “–s” can be added to the day of “At the weekend” is more common in the UK.
the week to show that the thing
“On” is often used before happens regularly on that day.
days of the week to say
when something happens.

In US English the “IN”
preposition can be left out.
“In” has a similar meaning as
“during” and is used before
months, years, seasons, and
general times of day, e.g.
FURTHER EXAMPLES “morning” and “afternoon.”

FURTHER EXAMPLES

“AT”

“At” is usually used
to express what time
something happens.

“PAST” AND “TO”
“Past” and “to” are prepositions of time that
are mainly used when telling the time.
FURTHER EXAMPLES
“Past” means “after the hour.”

“To” means “until the hour.”

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