Aclass Prepositions Of Time

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Prepositions of Time

at

in

on

PRECISE TIME

MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS

DAYS and DATES

at 3 o'clock

in January

on Sunday

at 10.30am

in summer

on Tuesdays

at noon

in the summer

on 6 March

at dinnertime

in 1990

on 25 Dec. 2010

at bedtime

in the 1980’s

on Christmas Day

at sunrise

in the next century

on New Year’s Day

at sunset

in the Victorian Age

on my birthday

at the moment

in the past/future

on New Year's Eve

For and Since are normally used with the Present Perfect to talk about time. The verb ‘to be’ + have + past participle + for/since • • • •

Since is used for a point in time. I’ve been here since last year/since my birthday/since three o’clock For is used for a period of time I’ve been here for ages/for a long time/for ten minutes/for 15 years

Revision Exercise: Fill in the missing prepositions using the following:

At On In For Since 1. What time do you usually wake up ____ Mondays? 2. I normally like to stay out late____ the weekends. 3. We are going to Malta_____ two weeks this summer. 4. I’ve been studying English______ 1999. 5. I usually finish work____4.30 ____ the afternoon. 6. Nicole has been married _____ 10 years. 7. I like to have cereal_____ the morning before work. 8. I never have a shower____ night. 9. We often go out____ my birthday. 10. Man walked on the moon ____ the 20th century.

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Answers : 1 on, 2 at, 3 in, 4 since, 5 at, in, 6 for, 7 in, 8 at, 9 on/for 10 in

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