PREPOSITIONS OF TIME The following prepositions indicate time: at, on, in, before, after, from, until, till

to, for, and since. At is used with the time of day, with an age, and with the words night, first, last, beginning, and end. EXAMPLES: at noon, at night, at midnight, at 7:30 a.m. at the age of twelve at first, at last at the beginning, at the end On is used with days and dates. It can also be used with parts of a certain day and the words time and schedule. EXAMPLE: on Monday, on your birthday on October 18 on the evening of June 8 on time, on schedule In is used with quantities of the time and with the words beginning and end. EXAMPLE: in ten minutes, in an hour in a week, in two years in the beginning, in the end Before and after are used with time of day, with dates, and with nouns that name events or occurrences. EXAMPLE: before noon, after 5:00 p.m. before December 31, after April 15 before the game, after dinner After can also be used with a quantity of time. EXAMPLE: after six months, after thirty zears From is used with to and till/until to indicate periods of time. EXAMPLES: from 1985 to 1993 from May 1 until June 15 from 10:00 a.m. till 5:30 p.m. Until/till can also be used alone with days, dates, and times. EXAMPLES: until next Friday, till next week until 1997, till August 2 until 10:00 p.m., till midnight For is used with periods of time. EXAMPLE: for half an hour, for three weeks, for one year Since is used with definite times. EXAMPLES: since Sunday, since 6:00 this morning, since 1988