English Usage Example
on days of the week on Monday
in months / seasons
time of day
year
after a certain period of time (when?) in August / in winter
in the morning
in 2006
in an hour
at for night
for weekend
a certain point of time (when?) at night
at the weekend
at half past nine
Place (Position and Direction)
English Usage Example
in room, building, street, town, country
book, paper etc.
car, taxi
picture, world in the kitchen, in London
in the book
in the car, in a taxi
in the picture, in the world
at meaning next to, by an object
for table
for events
place where you are to do something typical (watch a film, study, work) at the door, at the station
at the table
at a concert, at the party
at the cinema, at school, at work
on attached
for a place with a river
being on a surface
for a certain side (left, right)
for a floor in a house
for public transport
for television, radio the picture on the wall
London lies on the Thames.
on the table
on the left
on the first floor
on the bus, on a plane
on TV, on the radio
by, next to, beside left or right of somebody or something Jane is standing by / next to / beside the car.
under on the ground, lower than (or covered by) something else the bag is under the table
below lower than something else but above ground the fish are below the surface