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title: Prepositions - Time
tags: [Cambly, Grant]

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###### tags: `Cambly`,`Grant`
# Prepositions - Time
[Prepositions](https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepositions)

[time-prepositions-exercise-2](https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/time-prepositions-exercise-2.html)

## on
### days of the week
on Monday


on May 1st
**on** July 4th, 2020.
on **Christmas** morning
on **Christmas** day
on New Year day

## in
### months / seasons
in August / in winter

### time of day
in the morning
**in** the afternoon
in the early evening

### year
in 2006

### after a certain period of time (when?)
in an hour

## at
### for night
at night
at midnight
at noon
late at night

at **Christmas**
at Christmas 8pm in the morning

#### Q:
at the night?

### for weekend
at the weekend (British)
on the weekend (American)

### a certain point of time (when?) punctually time
at half past nine



## since
### from a certain <u>point</u> of time (past till now)
since 1980
since 1980 to 1982

Since February 2018 I have worked on Cambly.
From 1890 to 1983

## for
### over a certain <u>period</u> of time (past till now)
for 2 years
(7 weeks)

## ago
### a certain time in the past
2 years ago

## before
### earlier than a certain point of time
before 2004

I had worked on Cambly before 2020. (2020 not work on Cambly)

## to
### telling the time
ten to six (5:50)

## past
### telling the time
ten past six (6:10)

## to / till / until
### marking the beginning and end of a period of time
from Monday to/till Friday

## till / until
### in the sense of how long something is going to last
He is on holiday until Friday.

## by
### in the sense of at the latest
I will be back by 6 o’clock.

#### Q:
~~I will be back till/until/before 6 o’clock.~~

Can't use till / until with time, could use it with date
With by - will be near 6 o'clock, but no later than 6 o'clock
With before - it could be 3 o'clock, 5 o'clock

### up to a certain time
By 11 o'clock, I had read five pages.

#### Q:
~~Till/Until/Before 11 o'clock, I had read five pages.~~

With by - maybe started reading at 9 o'clock and after 2 hours I finished five pages. (9-11) we're sure the person stopped the action at 11 o'clock

With before - maybe started reading at 9 o'clock, but I stopped at 10 o'clock, we're not sure when the person actaully stopped, just know at 11 o'clock the person finished five pages.

# Practice

1. [-] last week I worked until 9pm [-] every night.
2. My father always reads the paper [at] breakfast time.
3. I'll see you [on] Tues**day** afternoon then.
4. The party is [-] **next** Saturday.
5. Luckily the weather was perfect [on] her wedding **day**.
