Prepositions of Time

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At, in and on (times)

•We use at with clock times.
example :I’ll see you at 6.30. The plane leaves at nine. Call me at lunchtime.

•We use on with days, dates and expressions like Monday morning and Friday afternoon.
example : I’ll be at home on Sunday.
2.They get up late on Sundays.
3.The meeting’s on June 23rd.
4.I’m always lazy on Monday mornings.

•We say in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening, BUT at night
e.g : 1. I have breakfast in the morning.
2.I watch tv in the evening.
3.I sleep at night.

•We use in with weeks, seasons, months, years and centuries.
e.g : 1.We’re going to France in the first week of March.
2. I’m always sad in the winter.
3.My birthday is in March.
4.Shakespear died in 1616.

•We say at the weekend, at Christmas, at Easter.
e.g : 1. What are you doing at the weekend?
2. Did you go away at Easter?

•We don’t use prepositions before common expressions with this, next, last and every.
e.g : 1. What are you doing this afternoon?
2.See you next week.
3.Frank was here last Tuesday.
4.We go on holiday to the same place every year.

•To say how long it takes to finish smt, we use in
e.g : We built our house in 6 months.
>.Your soup will be ready in 10 minutes.



From….to, until and by.

•We use until or till to say when an action or situation ends.
e.g :We played tennis until 11 o’clock.
2.I’ll be in London till Friday.

•We can give the beginning and end of an action or situation with from…to/until/till
e.g : I worked from 8.00 to 6.00. We’ll be away from June 22 until/till August 2

•We use by (=’not later than’) to say that something happens at or before a certain moment.
e.g : 1. You can keep the car until Sunday.
2.You really must bring it back by 12.00 on Sunday.


For, during and while

•For + period tells you how long; during tells you when
e.g : 1.I slept for 20 minutes during the lesson.
2.The journey lasted for three days.
3.There was a rainstorm during the night.

•During is a preposition: we use during + noun

•While is a conjunction: we use while + subject + verb
e.g : 1.They got into the house during the night.
2.They got into the house while I was asleep.
e.g : He got ill during the journey. He got ill while he was travelling.