Prepositions of Time
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in
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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