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Para falar de fatos ou rotinas, é comum usar expressões como “aos sábados”, “de manhã”, “às 3 da tarde” etc. E em inglês? Veja como ficam os períodos do dia:
IN |
AT |
in the morning |
at night |
in the afternoon |
|
in the evening |
I go to school in the morning.
They usually play chess in the afternoon.
We watch a bit of TV in the evening.
Dias, meses e anos:
IN |
ON |
(meses) in January in February in March |
(domingo, segunda-feira, terça-feira…) on Sunday on Monday on Tuesday… (datas) on the 17th of July on July 17th on July 17 2008 |
(estações) in the winter in the summer |
|
(anos) in 1980 in 2008 |
On Wednesdays, On Saturdays etc, significa “toda quarta-feira”, “todo sábado”…
She was born in 1987.
We take our days off in the winter.
On June 23rd, she was born.
Horários:
AT |
FROM… TO |
at 5 o’clock at 3 AM at midnight at six-thirty |
I work from 9 to 5 every weekday. She goes to the gym from Monday to Saturday. |
Atenção: não usamos preposição antes de “last”, “next” e “this”.
I’m going to New York next month.
I saw Jeff this afternoon.
Last week we ate sushi.