Learn English: Using AT, IN THE, AGO, and more words to talk about time

Oh. I got 60 I am going to improve my English better thanks a lot for the valuable lesson madam

Songfcftl

I still don’t understand the usage of “at Christmas” yet.

FELES

We use the preposition “at” in this case, because Christmas is a festival. An example, if I talk about Halloween, I don’t use “on”, but “at” because Halloween is a festival too. We just use “on” when we talk about a day, for example, “On Valentine’s Day”. I hope I have help you, and excuse me for any mistake in my vocabulary :)

Joshua Guimaraes

Hi, my friend!! “at Christmas” we use when we want to refer to the “holiday” Example: we always travel at Christmas (Christmas time, during the Christmas holiday)
And we use “on Christmas” when we want to refer to the “day” we say: on Monday for example..”we usually get together on Christmas (On Christmas day).

I hope it helped you at least a little bit… Bye! :D

tiagoamericoo

Excellent explanation TiagoAmericoo! I bet you are an English teacher.

Prepositions are always a headache for English language learners, aren´t they?

That’s it for now! Have a great day!

Regino

Thanks so much for your simple & appropriate explanation! You helped me more then “a little bit”;).

FELES

Like is missing ;)

gzalomoscoso

Christmas is festival DAY…so only we use ‘at’…

JASJP

‘ on Christmas ‘ as it’s a day ..

Mah Gam

‘ on Christmas ‘ as it’s a day ..

Mah Gam

thank u

abdigas

Thanks a lot!

Yuliya Lios

thank u tetchier gill

dan dutchy

thank you, teacher girl

Muhudin89

Love it. Thank Gill!

TranManhLinh

Brilliant Gill !!!

talhazien

Thanks for this lesson…I learned a lot…;)

marcos alexandre

I have problems when i have to use “at”.

Barreto886

Hi Gil! Thanks for this video, it was really intersting.

Aleachi

Thanks for this great lesson Gill

christian012

Thank you for the interesting lesson.I like it alot.
I’ve got 10/10.I’m really happy.
Thank you!^-^

phamquynhanh

Hi, Gill. Thank you for the great lesson, which is really easy to figure out. I realised one thing about the difference between at and in. When we think

Shi-to

Thanks a lot Gill!!Great lesson ;)

knopfler86

I am sorry. I pressed the wrong botton.
When we think about the position of a certain thing, “ａｔ“ shows a more specific place than “ｉｎ“．Moreover, “in the” shows something is in a spacious area. And then, we can find out the distinct defference between

Shi-to

Everybody, here. I am terribly sorry again.

Let me leave my comment. We can find out the distinct difference when to use at or in as for the time of the day. That is, at shows a shorter period of a day while in the shows a certain amount of time.

Shi-to

thank you

dryaloha

thank you, it is so helpful

GANESHMESHRAM

Thank you!

Konstantin L.

Hi Gill,
Your experession was very clear, it’s easy to undertsand with you. thank you.

ferhat920

Hello, Gill! How do you do? I loved your lesson! Although I finished my English course some years ago, it is always useful a review of prepositions, which are so confusing for foreigners like me. I also liked the explanation about the word “fortnight” (fourteen nights”). I knew the meaning but I had never thought that before. I have read some books of Jane Austen, and I like her. However, my favourite British writer is Charles Dickens, no doubt! By the way, I love your pronunciation and accent! It is very beautiful and intelligible. See you in the next lesson!

Eduardo França

Thanks

altafkhan99

Thank you!!! :)

wasu noithip

Yes, i can handle it thanks maam =
D

Tyas

This is an informative lesson, Well Done Gill

Bibin

Thanks.

Ienaluk

Thanks

anttuan23

very helpfull

daong

Thanks Gill for your lesson! It’s always a pleasure to listen you!

Marylou

Hi Mary, I´m trying to pick up some French on the Internet. Any piece of advice on the learning of French?

Thanks in advance. Have a wonderful day!

Regino

Hi Regino! You want to learn French, if I understand correctly! You can send me a message on marylou27120@gmail.com
See you later!

Marylou

9/10 :) not bad :) I was really confused about this topic ..but now I learn how to use propositions thank you very much :)

metin tas

Great lesson, Gill. You made me remember the first sentences that I learned in English a long time ago, They were:*Yesterday was Friday. *Today is Saturday. and *Tomorrow will be Sunday. Thank you and goodbye!

Júlio César L Sousa

I didn’t undertand différence between forthnight and 2 weeks. In which cases I have to use them both?

Aliusfr

forthnight = is 14 nights, 14 nights = 2 weeks, one week 7 nights.
i hope you understand my english is not cool hahah

Dominick Galdino

thank you my teacher :)

noufalotaibi

Nice Lesson, tks a lot

Dudurito

Fortnight is new for me! Congratulations on your amazing class!

Guilherme Cota

It’s a good lesson to learn talk about time.what’s more,it’s easy to understand.thanks a lot.

namingye

A wonderful lesson.thank u!

hotdog168

that´s a great test!!!

jon24

An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold, and your lessons are as precious as gold.
Thanks a lot Jill.

Canardo

thank you for nice lesson

WILDENGINEER

thank you

ivy122

of course 100:))

ipek98

Hello Ms.Gill
Thanks for your excellent videos!
The Quiz module in every lesson is an interesting thing to assess our understanding in the topics you teach.

I have a request for you.

Can you please make a video on Gerund and Infinitives in your style of a great video with examples and a quiz?

Looking forward for more of your videos.
Keeping rocking!

Thanks again!

Hariprasad J

thanks. “a fortnight” is a new word for me

chelldean

Thanks

cricket74

Hey teacher , Thanks for your video , That’s Amazing , I like it .

Marcelotutu

Hey teacher. Thanks for your video. That`s amazing. Good luck :)

Bazar Naraa

It’s easy to understand and learn this lesson.It’s also very useful,I get it,thank u!

Bob1975

100You got 10 correct out of 10.
:D
1. I will meet you _____ lunchtime.
at
in the
2. He likes to sleep _____ middle of the day.
at

This is really nice

Muhudin89

Thanks a lot for your lesson. I am gonna improve my english more better in future

pandu123

Thanks Gill, It was very useful.

Mohammadjalil

Thanks Gill!

Tonight I’m learning more how to use preposition with time and date. The subtleness of using “at” and “in the” with parts of a day is new to me.

Fabio Cicerre

Thanks you Gill

pavanut2

Nice,thanks

gvantsa

Thank you Madame for this lessons.you make me emprove my english

Blanco 2016

It’s more useful to me
Thank you

modem manikrishna

A wonderful lesson.thank you.

Marco Liu

thank you

mishal

I got 80 :0

Norahsaleh

I got 10 out of 10, hurray !

Robin Singh

I am happy!!! Only one mistake!!! jejeje Tks Teacher you are the best!!! 90 % :) I got 9 correct out of 10

Osirisrft

i always hear a fortnight in game of thrones now i get it :).
thank you

abdul

Maybe we should do a Game of Thrones lesson, lol.

engVid Moderator

Thank you Gill ^_^

rnfla83

Hello, you are the best teacher

gigor

I got 100 :) Thx for teaching You’re the best

kanyavee

What is your name exactly? Kanyavee?? What language is it?

Anuru2015

thanks!!!!!

thalita

thalita. could you me text your facebook? ate logo

efrayn21

thank you,teacher,i have learn from you video very lot.

little.rabbit

Thank you!

InesaGab

I still do not understand the difference between TO NIGHT and TONIGHT. any help?

Rapok

Hi Rapok — TONIGHT is always one word — meaning ‘this night’ (we don’t say ‘this night’, we always say ‘tonight’). I can’t think of an example where the words ‘to’ and ‘night’ would appear next to each other as two separate words. You can say ‘the night’, eg ‘the night is dark’, but ‘tonight’ is for examples such as ‘see you tonight’, ‘there’s a party tonight’, etc. I hope this helps :-)

Gill

thank you a lot

ADAM33

great good i love it

koshalaa

thank you so much.

sarkob

MBC2 WILL SHOW A LOT OF ACTION MOVIES: TONIGHT,TERMINATOR SALVATION AT 10 PM, I am a legend at MIDNIGHT, HARRY POTTER AT 02 AM.

Husam1977

A very good lesson Madam. Thank you very much.

Anuru2015

Thanks so much

Duoof2016

Thanks!

kaguirre

Thnx

kavita@2k16

Yay I got 100 thank for your lesson,It very usefull for not only me but for everone
Once again thank you so much

Mailinh21

still confusing to me use “At On In : (

Dominick Galdino

thank you for making me aware of at and in the preposition for time

rameshwar rao p

Thank you so much. I’m understand. :)))))

Baitong

I got 80 out of 100
I’ll improve
Thanks for this lesson :)

lindarubi97

I got 80 out of 100 too !

ximenalizarazo

thank you Ma’am…

erhant

thank you,Gill
i understand

walaipan suthivetchadith

Thanks gill, you’re such a great teacher

Omar Youssef

Thanks for this lovely lesson

gzalomoscoso

I got 60 out of 100… thanks my teach Girl..

Delio Coelho

you are good i got 8/10

yassine07

Thank you very much for this lesson.

landerox

Hello, I’m English student and you videos they are helping me a lot. Thanks

Pamela Cristina Teixeira

thanks Gill, easy to understand your lesson..

Febri Budiman

thank you

jewel salman

it’s okay. since ecuador.facebook. ephrayn ghuaman

efrayn21

THANK YOU

mignon05

Thanks Gill, I enjoyed the lesson!

Thuy Linh Le

This teacher explain very very good, and I like her pronuntiation.

wilger pimienta

Thanks Gill , great lesson .

trantoan

hello all i got just 8/10 thanks

yassine07

thanks a lot

Wanck

oh my gosh! its really i got 9 from this lesson . i hope i will gain one day so guys i will be keep doing regularly so i hope i will gain one day

vincentsai

Thank you very much Gill, very good lesson!you are a fantastic teacher!

PUMORI

Thanks for the video lesson, Gill. I got 10 correct out of 10.

sothearithso

Thanks for this lesson! I didn’t watched a lesson in the last mornig, but this morning I appreciated this video.

carlosengforever

Cheers Teacher!

Ronaldo Ramos

I got 100, thanks Gill

jessielopes

thank you

marc-arthur cange

Thank’s Gill

Mouhcine tene

Thanks Gill , It’s very helpful

Mohamed Abdel Sabour

Thanks Gill, I got 100, need to improve my English

Fardiansah

I like this lesson !
Thanks a lot !

ximenalizarazo

i got 70 point yeah ! , thank you for you miss ;)

Kader Attou

thanks you my teacher i got 9/10

TASSIN22

Thank you madam

soulef

Thank you :) ıt’s very well.

emre02

Thank you!

jacobchan

Thank you

STEPHANEFR

I got 70?

zisabelg

Thanks a lot Gill!!!! Where are you living? UK?

dnicolav

Thank you so much, you are wonderful teacher.

Marta Lopez

That’s good for me.Through the video I can get 90marks in the quiz.But I have a question want to ask,what is the different by using in and at for the daytime?Thanks

Nicole 15011

Thank you

Zainab Magdy

thanks a bundle

deeb

Very useful! And clear!

Alexey Goncharenko

Thanks for the lesson!
It was really helpful. I got 10 of 10 which means I understood your lesson very well. You are requested to keep it up.

Muslim Badshah

Thanks a lot. I scored 10/10

umashri

7/10 thanks

malkubaisi1982

thanks

madiha debbabi

i got 7 correct out of 10
thank you so much

Gamar2016

Thanks a lot teacher ,,,,

Ahmed abdelazim

I have got 10/10

Ahmed abdelazim

I got 90 , thanks

Aisha m

hi Gill i want to ask one questions how to spell the words fluently?

ma.noj

Thank you teacher! I was an amazing lesson.

andrewmcsaint

I got 90 out of 100 and It’s very useful for me. Thank you Teacher.

ghanshyambaboo

I got 90 thanks for this lession

ashish2009

I GOT 80,…
I LIKED THE LESSON… !!! :-)

Felipe2020

Thank you Gill, yours classes are very special for me. I got 10 out 10.

dodik

Thanks Mrs Gill. I got 70/100.

mourad13

thnxx

sadam abdulahi

Uau I got 90, I’m só happy. Thank’s for this lesson.

Adilson Veber Moreira

Oh yeah !!! I got 9, it’s really motivated i’m not an english native speaker so i’m sorry if i make some mistakes ^^.. please Gill can you give me some astuce to improve my english speak (if i can say that) ??
Thanks

Meriem hrf

I got 90 =D

AhmedKhaledfarouk

Oh, I got 80.

Judy-S

Hello Gill. That was a very good lesson about time. I got 90. I wrong in the phrase with “daytime”. Thanks for the lesson :D

DenisFlorin

thanks!very useful and eazy…but I got 8/10

straton mihai

Thanks you Gill, my teacher! your lessons are very perfect. I’m very love them.

Dailinh

Thanks a lot

ae allam

70 thanks

Mashael1416

Thankyou Gill.

adyvictura

great Gill very easy to understand

asifameer

Thanks Mrs. Gill, very precise

AlexisSegovia

thank you. this lesson really help me.

ArekPukul

Thank you Gill, I liked your lesson… Very good to his explanation of the lesson .

Rogerhurts

That you so much for this lesson!
I do like your lessons!!!

Jehdeiah

i got 100 thanx alote really it usful course

ihap

Thank you Gill!!
I got 10)))

Pywunka87

Thank you gill . I got 70 :)

Hak kimleng

Thanks for such an important lesson !
but I’m literally confused about “Weekend”
Is it ‘At , In or On ‘ I know it be different from a country to another country ,I want it in the British English . Thanks again

zeyno6

Thank you Gill, I like your lessons and you are the beast teacher…… I have had all my life.
I like you to come to my place for 3 or 6 months.
I’m sorry for this question!!

Sepide

Sep

Excuse me Mr. Sep, but,do you really want to use the word “beast”, because she’s lovely and the best teacher ever.

Vlozky

hello Gill, i like your courses i got 7 correct thank you

soulef

10 / 10 thanks

doctormohamed

Thanks Mrs Gill, lovely work!

Jose Lazzo

Thank you , I Appreciate it!

Ale Pavanelli

Thanks, 9/10

ZEEZ88

I got 100 marks. Thank you teacher.

chingikwok721

thank you so much. u r teaching i understood very easy . thank u madam . i want your good student please update you more video.

realrubel

HO IT’S HARD 60/100

JINADELINO

90/100. Thank you

vinhtspmu

I got 10 correct out of 10.
:D
Thanks Gill!!! :)

Anek

Thank you my dear teacher.

grkncl

almost finish Mrs.Gill’s lessons,thanks a lot to Gill for teaching valueable English knowledge and love Gill’s accent so much :}

Fianna-law

Hi Gil, Thanks for this very usefull lesson. My wife and me got 10 out to 10. We like your british accent.

Serge.T

I got 100 Thank you so much Gill

Vugar Beshirov

thanks you very much

nguyenduyloi

Thahks Gill <3 !

Wellbeing

thank you dear teacher .

Soei

Thank you
8/10

ilyes12

thanks lot teacher

Ajantha

Thank You this lessons is very important

GHILANI Muhammed

I got 100 but i still want to improve it more.thanks

sayed wajid ali

9/10, this lesson is helpful for me.

darekkimo

Thanks Gill…

Neho

Thank Gill! You are great teacher!I love your lessons!

kopiko

Thans, I love your detail knowledge.
Sincere regards

Filiz Bayram

Something was new.Thanks.

achubak79

I got 90, thaks for this lesson.

Nextore

I got 100. Thanks Miss Gill

Habiib

thanks miss gill .
i got 80

israa gamal

Thanks teacher!!
I have got 8.0, much better than I expected. I need to review the rules again….

CACM

opps!I got 9.0, i loose 1.0 marks for a silly mistake. I’ve chosen to night instead of tonight.i loose the full marks due to that silly space.

mousumi@95

Thank u madam Gill.you gave such a clear explanation which will be very helpful to increase my knowledge.Thank u again.

mousumi@95

Hi Gil,thank you for the useful lesson.
I love your pronunciation it is very clear and easy to understand. Last night I watched your vídeo about use the verb keep.I started to learn
English at 7:00 PM

Marmelo

Yes!!! I have 100 :)

Tanay85

I got 9/10! Thanks for the lesson! Very useful!

robi75

Thaks

ArthurLima85

thanks！

shihai182

i got 9 correct out of 10.
:)tks teacher

Anderson Lisboa

Difficult subject for me, I’ll repeat it tomorrow.

Alessandro75

You got 9 correct out of 10. it is good

M kartal

easy to understand! Thanks a lot, madam!

Mary Cristina

Please, explain something that I am not sure that I have understand it well. If today is Friday and I want to tell that something happened four days ago, the correct is “This happened last Monday” or “This happened this Monday”

Christ62

I’ve heard people use both, and it is very confusing. “Last Monday” could also mean 11 days ago (Monday of the previous week) and “this Monday” could also mean “this Monday coming up” (next week). You could also say “this past Monday”.

engVid Moderator

Thanks for your clarify.

Christ62

hello friends,I got 90%,I need more practice,thank you teacher.

pikolinapikolina

Hi Gill

Rajni101080

useful lesson thanks Gill

Saber edabou

Very nice teacher!

Hazzele

lol in the question they said ”fortnight” lol thats a game btw im a pro at it i won 13 games

Ahmadaljneibi

tks u

angry

9/10
This lesson without littering.

Serik

Hi Dear teacher, Greetings from Istanbul, Turkey. Thanks for this very useful great lesson. I get a lot from.

I have a question if you have time to give an answer.

You said ‘we use this Monday for this week and we use last Monday for last week. For example we are in the Thursday of this week right now but we have to talk about the Monday of this week. Do we have to say this Monday still? because the Monday of the this week passed. There is a confusion in my head it seems like we have to say last Monday because it’s been 3 days we have passed the Monday of this week.

So what do we need to say for the Monday of this week when we are in the Thursday of the this week.?

Thanks in advance.

dr.besir

how do you do?
thank you to explain this matter i was confused about fortnight, after this lesson i didn’t now the mining.
eg: i will have a vacation in London for fortnight