PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

AT ON
We use at with times: We use on with dates and days: at 5 oclock - at 11.45 - at midnight on 12 March - on Friday(s) - on - at lunchtime Friday morning(s) on Sunday afternoon(s) - on Tom usually gets up at 7 oclock. Saturday night(s) on Christmas Day (but at Christmas) We use at in these expressions: at night - at Christmas - at the moment / at present - at the same time - at weekends - at the age of...

IN

DURING

We use in for longer periods of We use during + noun to say time: when something happens: in April - in 1986 - in winter - in the during the film - during our 19th century - in the 1970s - in the holiday - during the night morning(s) / in the afternoon(s) / in the evening(s) In + period of time = a time in the future: Jack will be back in a week. The train will leave in a few minutes. In + how long it takes to do something: I learned to drive in four weeks. I fell asleep during the film. We met a lot of interesting people during our holiday.

FOR

SINCE

We use for + a period of time: We use since + a period of time: for six years - for two hours - for a since April - since 1992 - since 8 week o clock Ive lived in this house for six It has been raining since one o

years. They have been watching TV clock. Theyve known each other for two hours. since they were at school.

UNTIL
We use until/till to say how long a situation continues: Lets wait until it stops raining. I stayed in bed until half past nine.

FROM - TO
We use from - to + beginning and end of a period: Last evening we watched TV from 5 to 8 o clock.