In | Preposition

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In is used for position inside large areas, and in three-dimensional space.

• She grew up in Switzerland.
• He is in the office.
• Let us go for a walk in the woods.
• My father lives in Canada.
• I first met her in a shop.
• He works in an insurance company.
• When did you arrive in New Zealand?

We use in with street names.

• She lives in Albert Street.

In is also used to talk about the position of things which form part of a line.

• There is a misprint in line 6 on page 12.
• Who is the good-looking boy in the sixth row?

Time

We use in with parts of the day.

• I work best in the morning.
• We usually go out in the afternoon.

In the night means during one particular night.

• I had to get up in the night.

We also use in with longer periods.

• I was born in May.
• Kent is beautiful in spring.
• He died in 1995.

Sections in this article

Transformation of sentences - I
Transformation of sentences - II
Transformation of a Simple sentence into a compound sentence
Transformation of a compound sentence into a simple sentence
Transformation of a simple sentence into a complex sentence
Transformation of a complex sentence into a simple sentence
Transformation of sentences containing too
Interchange of degrees of comparison
Combining two sentences using too...to and so...that
How to combine two sentences using too...to

See Also

Exclamations
Exclamations exercise
Exclamations: common errors
Common mistakes with pronouns - Part 2
Common errors with adjectives - part 1
Common errors with adjectives - part 2