Open your book

As an American, I think only #1 sounds right. "...on page 3" sounds very odd.

Yes, odd indeed! Infact, though we follow BrE in India, I have never heard 'at page 3' before. It has always been 'to page 3'.

'on page 3' is normally used in a sentence like - On page 3 you will find a picture of the lunar eclipse.

I think at works in BrE, see this page with English language exercises from the British Council, which should know one thing or two:

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D Open your book at page 24.

http://www.britishcouncil.org.br/etp/unit2c_print.html

Well, (unfortunately) the usage of 'at page' in spoken (as well as written) English is very uncommon.

"at page" seems fine to me - certainly was used by my teachers in school.

Feebs11"at page" seems fine to me - certainly was used by my teachers in school.

Same here. I had never heard "on page" before, though.

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While we normally use "Open the book to Page 3", it actually means "open the book and turn the pages till you reach page 3"

However when the instruction is a command and is expected to be performed as a single actitvity , the more precise English is "open your Book at Page 3", meaning thereby that you complete the process of opening the book and now do what is intended at Page 3.

Is i t possible to say "open your books to page 3", or should I say "..........at page or ......on page"? Which one is the correct sentence? Thank you.

Ann.

Well, judgng from the posts in the thread the consensus is that you can use "to page x" or "at page x", but not "on page x". Which you use is your decision, and may be governed by where you work.

Ann, did you read the posts here at all?

"to page 3" is American.

"at page 3" is British.

"on page 3" sounds weird to all of us.