preposition of time

T BY TILL UNTIL   Exact time, weekend, holidays, age At six o’clock, at midnight, at easter, at seventeen, at present, at the moment, at the same time.. FOR FROM SINCE Day, adjective

T

BY

TILL

UNTIL

 

Exact time, weekend, holidays, age

At six o’clock, at midnight,

at easter, at seventeen, at present, at the moment, at the same time.

FOR

FROM

SINCE

Day, adjective+day, day+part of the day, dates

On Sunday, on New Years day, o a cold day,

on Friday evening, on August 31st

Part of the day, longer period of time, (month, season, year, century)Note:

at noon, at night

In the morning, in two days’ time, in a week, in March, in the summer, in

1998, in the 20 th century

(= not later than, before a certain time)

Tina must be ready

by 9:00 By the time, by then, by that time

( a certain time, duration) I’ll be studying till / until 9:00.

… to/till/until I worked from 10:00

to 12:00 yesterday

(= from a certain time up to the present)

There have been here since Tuesday (from Tuesday till now)

(= a period of time, duration)

She has been here for two months

AFTER

AT THE

BEGINNIN

G (OF )

DURIN

G

WHILE

AT THE

END

(OF)

Noun Verb

During the war we moved

to Sweden.

Burglars broke in while

we were out.

Gerund/noun/pronoun {but: afterwards (adverb)=then, after that}

He came home after work

They left afterwards

= in less than a certain period of time

You must be back within five days

There’s usually a table

of contents at the beginning of a book

There is usually an index at the end of books

IN THE

BEGINNING

IN

THE

END

(=at first, originally)

You may find it difficult in the beginning

(= at last, finally)

At first I didn’t like the idea much but in the end it proved to be excellent

1 he age of eighty he still went to the country _ the weekend, catching

a train _ five o ‘clock every Friday, and returning _ noon on Monday

2 He worked in the garden _ dawn dusk without a break

3 I’ll see you again the beginning of the new session

4 He hasn’t called his mother _ ages

5 I haven’t seen him _ we were at school together

6 six months’ time we’ll be going to Canada two months

7 We hope to visit my mother in Italy a while _ holidays

8 We’re all going on holiday the end of July

9 Please promise to be there five _ Saturday afternoon

10 We last saw him _ 1974 a sunny afternoon May

11 _ the time you receive this, I’ll have left for Rome

12 30th June, three _ five the afternoon there will be

a slide show, and we’ll all have strawberries and cream in the garden

13 She didn’t want to come _ first, but the end she agreed to

14 Please, let us have your application a week of receipt of this letter

15 If we don’t hear from you _ the next two days, we’ll give the job to someone else

Choose the correct prepositions of time from the list given to fill in blanks bellow:

At, on, in, by, till/until, from since, for, during, within, at the end, in the end, after.

 Complete the sentences using one of the following: after, afterwards,

within, at the beginning, at the end, in he beginning, in the end.

1 They went home the ceremony

2 All entries must be submitted two weeks

3 There was a big celebration

4 There ia a very violent scene _ of the film but then it improves

5 I had no idea who had committed the crime until right _ of the book

6 _ the job seemed dull but it did get better

7 It was a close race but the French team won

8 She was very tired _ working all night

9 It is important that the payment is received six weeks from today

10 Mary left at ten o’clock and Sue went soon _

11 I found the novel very confusing, but I changed my mind later

12 The introduction is of the book

13 The credits usually appear of a film, just as everyone is leaving

14 It took me a long time to get to work when it snowed, but I arrived

15 The orchestra received a standing ovation _ their concert