We use AT:
For time of the day:
at 5 o'clock, at midnight, at lunchtime
With this expressions:
At night, at the weekend/ at weekends
I don't like go out at night
Will you be here at the weekend?
At Christmas/ at Easter (but on Christmas day)
Do you give each other presents at Christmas?
At the moment/ at present
Mr. Benn is busy at the moment/ at present
At the same time
Liz and I arrived at the same time
At the end (of something) = at the time when something ends. For example:
At the end of the month
At the end of January
At the end of the match
At the end of the film
At the end of the course
At the end of the concert
I'm going away at the end of January /at the end of the month
At the end of the concert, there was great applause
All the players shook hands at the end of the match
The opposite of at the end is at the beginning
At the beggining of January
At the beginning of the concert
At first- Is usually the opposite of in the end
At first we didn't like each other very much, but in the end we became good friends
AT- Place
At the bus stop
At the door
At the window
At the top of the page
At the end of the street
Who is that man standing at the bus stop/at the door/ at the window?
Turn left at the traffic lights/ at the chuch/ at the roundabout
Write your name at the top/at the bottom of the page
Angela's house is the white one at the end of the street
When you leave the hotel , please leave your key at reception
There is somebody at the door, Shall I go and see who it is?
At the front/ at the back of the building/ cinema/ group of people,etc
The garden is at the back of the house
Let's sit at the front (of the cinema)
I was standing at the back, so I couldn't see very well
We say that somebody is at home/ at work/ at school/ at university/ at college:
I'll be at work until 5.30 but I'll be at home all evening
Julia is studying chemistry at university
Also at sea (=on voyage)
It was a long voyage . We were at sea for 30 days
But I love swiming in the sea
At party / at a concert, etc
We say that somebody is at an event (at a party/ at a conference,etc)
Were there many people at the party/ at the meeting?
I saw Jack at a football match / at a concert last Saturday
AT-for buildings
You can often use at with building. For example , you can eat at a restaurant. We usually say at when we say where an events takes place (for example, a concert, a film, a party, a meeting, a sports center):
We went to a concert at the Royal Festival Hall
The meeting took place at the company's headquarters
The film I want to see is showing at the Odeon cinema
We say at the station / at the airport
Don't meet me at the station. I can get a taxi
We say at somebody's house :
I was at Judy's house last night or I was at Judy's last night
Also at the doctor's, at the hairdresser's, etc
At- for towns
you use at when you think of the place as a point or station on a journey
Do you know if this train stops at (or in) Nottingham (=at Nottingham station)
We stopped at (or in) a small village on the way to London
Arrive at
For places like buildings, or events, we say arrive at
What time did they arrive at the hotel/ at the party/ arrive at work?
At (other uses)
At the age of..., etc
We say at the age of/ at a speed of/ at a teperature of.. etc.
Jill left school at 16 or ...at the age of 16
The train was travelling at 120 miles an hour or ....at speed of 120 miles an hour
Water boils at 100 degrees celsius
