MORE PREPOSITIONS . . .

Idioms:

-in the morning -in the afternoon

-in the evening -at night

Exceptions: -on Monday morning -on Monday afternoon

-on Monday evening -on Monday night

More idioms: -different from ... -the same as ...

-to play for/on a team -on the radio/television

-in a newspaper/book -on the weekend

WHEN TO USE NO PREPOSITION . . .

We omit the time prepositions AT, IN, and ON when we use LAST, THIS, and NEXT. Also, we don't use a preposition before YESTERDAY, TODAY, TONIGHT, or TOMORROW.

Examples: -I met him last Thursday morning.

-We were married last year.

-They came to our house last night.

-I didn't have breakfast this morning.

-We will go to Toronto this weekend.

-I hope it won't rain next week.

-We will begin university next year.

-I studied yesterday, so I'm ready for the test today.

We use no preposition with GIVE, BUY, TELL, and SEND when the sentence construction is:

SUBJECT + VERB + INDIRECT OBJECT (person) + DIRECT OBJECT (thing)

Examples: -I gave her a diamond ring.

-I bought my mother a new scarf.

-He told me an interesting story.

-He sent his wife some roses.

However, if the sentence construction is

SUBJECT + VERB + DIRECT OBJECT ...

then we must use a preposition before the indirect object.

Examples: -I gave a diamond ring to her.

-I bought a new scarf for my mother.

-He told an interesting story to me.

-He sent some roses to his wife.

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