The Various Kinds Of Prepositions potx

The Various Kinds Of Prepositions I.. ON - days of the week Ex: on Monday, on tuesday,etc... AT - for night - for weekend - a certain point of time when?. Ex: at night at the weekend

The Various Kinds Of

Prepositions

I Thời gian:

1 ON

- days of the week

Ex: on Monday, on tuesday,etc

2 IN:

- months / seasons

- time of day

- year

- after a certain period of time

Ex:

in August / in winter

in the morning

in 2006

in an hour

3 AT

- for night

- for weekend

- a certain point of time (when?)

Ex:

at night

at the weekend

at half past nine

4 Since

- from a certain point of time (past till now)

Ex: since 1980

5 For

- over a certain period of time (past till now)

Ex: for 2 years

6 Ago

- a certain time in the past

Ex: 2 years ago

7 Before

- earlier than a certain point of time

Ex: before 2004

8 To

- Telling the time

Ex: ten to six (5:50)

9 Past

- Telling the time

Ex: ten past six (6:10)

10 to / till / until

- marking the beginning and end of a period of time

Ex: from Monday to/till Friday

+ till / until

- in the sense of how long something is going to last

Ex: He is on holiday until Friday

11 By

- in the sense of at the latest

- up to a certain time

Ex:

I will be back by 6 o’clock

By 11 o'clock, I had read five pages