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Archivo de la categoría: Prepositions of time
Prepositions of time
PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
AT | ON | |
We use at with times: | We use on with dates and days: | |
at 5 o’clock – at 11.45 – at midnight – at lunchtime | on 12 March – on Friday(s) – on Friday morning(s) | |
Tom usually gets up at 7 o’clock. | on Sunday afternoon(s) – on Saturday night(s) | |
on Christmas Day (but at Christmas) | ||
We use at in these expressions: | ||
at night – at Christmas – at the moment / at present – at the same time – at weekends – at the age of… | ||
IN | DURING | |
We use in for longer periods of time: | We use during + noun to say when something happens: | |
in April – in 1986 – in winter – in the 19th century – in the 1970s – in the morning(s) / in the afternoon(s) / in the evening(s) | during the film – during our holiday – during the night | |
In + period of time = a time in the future: | I fell asleep during the film. | |
Jack will be back in a week. | We met a lot of interesting people during our holiday. | |
The train will leave in a few minutes. | ||
In + how long it takes to do something: | ||
I learned to drive in four weeks. | ||
FOR | SINCE | |
We use for + a period of time: | We use since + a period of time: | |
for six years – for two hours – for a week | since April – since 1992 – since 8 o’ clock | |
I’ve lived in this house for six years. They have been watching TV for two hours. | It has been raining since one o’ clock. They’ve known each other since they were at school. | |
UNTIL | FROM – TO | |
We use until/till to say how long a situation continues: | We use from – to + beginning and end of a period: | |
Let’s wait until it stops raining. I stayed in bed until half past nine. | Last evening we watched TV from 5 to 8 o’ clock. |
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