My grandmother has a small calendar on the wall. Every important day in our family is on it.
My sister's wedding is on Sunday, in April, at nine in the morning.
"Why at nine?" I ask. "Nobody in this street gets up early at the weekend."
"In the morning the yard is cool," she says. "In summer this yard is an oven at noon."
She writes the plan on the paper: bread at seven, guests at half past eight, music at nine.
My grandmother remembers everything: my father's birthday in January, the school concert on the first of March, our exams in June.
"And your birthday?" I ask.
"It is on the calendar too. In December I am seventy."
"On which day?"
She shrugs. "At my age you count years, not days."
Grammar from this story
Key patterns that appeared in the text.
at + clock time · on + day/date · in + month/season
at nine, at noon, at night, at the weekend. on Sunday, on the first of March, on my birthday. in April, in summer, in 1961, in the morning.
- The wedding is on Sunday, in April, at nine.
- Our exams are in June.
Big box → small box: in › on › at
Eng katta boʻlak in (yil, oy, fasl), oʻrtasi on (kun, sana), eng kichigi at (soat, daqiqa). Shuni eslasangiz, tanlash oson boʻladi.
- in April → on Sunday → at nine o'clock
No preposition with next / last / this / every
next Sunday, last April, this morning, every evening — bu soʻzlardan keyin predlog qoʻyilmaydi. “in this morning” — xato.
- Every evening she reads the calendar.
- This morning the yard is cool.
Check your understanding
Read the story, then choose the best answer. Tap a choice to check it.
1. Why does the grandmother want the wedding at nine in the morning?
“In the morning the yard is cool… In summer this yard is an oven at noon.”
2. Which line is correct?
Kun — on, oy — in, soat — at. Katta boʻlakdan kichigiga: in April → on Sunday → at nine.
3. What does "At my age you count years, not days" mean here?
U butun xonadonning sanalarini yoddan biladi — faqat oʻzining kuni uning uchun ahamiyatsiz.
