PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
AT
We use at with times:
at 5 o’clock - at 11.45 - at midnight - at lunchtime
Tom usually gets up at 7 o’clock.
 
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
We use in for longer periods of time:
in April - in 1986 - in winter - in the 19th century during the film - during our holiday - during the
- in the 1970s - in the 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.
FOR
We use for + a period of time:
for six years - for two hours - for a week
I’ve lived in this house for six years. They have
been watching TV for two hours.
UNTIL
We use until/till to say how long a situation
continues:
Let’s wait until it stops raining. I stayed in bed
until half past nine.
The course begins on 7 January and ends on 10 March.
2 I went to bed at midnight.
ON
We use on with dates and days:
on 12 March - on Friday(s) - on Friday
morning(s)
on Sunday afternoon(s) - on Saturday night(s)
on Christmas Day (but at Christmas) 
 
DURING
We use during + noun to say when
something happens:
night
I fell asleep during the film.
We met a lot of interesting people during our
holiday.
 
 
 
SINCE
We use since + a period of time:
since April - since 1992 - since 8 o’ clock
It has been raining since one o’ clock. They’ve
known each other since they were at school.
FROM - TO
We use from - to + beginning and end of a
period:
Last evening we watched TV from 5 to 8 o’
clock.
3 We arrived at 5 o’ clock in the morning.

4 Mozart was born in Salzburg in 1756.

5 Are you doing anything special at week-ends?

6 Hurry up! We’ve to go in five minutes.

7 I met Ann on Tuesday.

8 He has lived in India for two years.

9 I’ll phone you on Tuesday morning at about 10.

10 Tom’s grandmother died in 1987 at the age of 81.

11 Jack’s brother is out of work at the moment.

12 The price of electricity is going up in October.

13 I haven’t seen him since Christmas.

14 on Sunday afternoons I usually get up late.

15 There are usually a lot of parties on New Years Eve.

I’ll be at the office until 7 o’ clock.

2 I’ll be back in half an hour.

3 I suddenly felt ill during the examination.

4 They were working in the garden from 3 o’clock to seven o’clock.

5 Carol got married in 1994.

6 The book was easy to read. So I read it in a day.

7 They have lived there for 20 years.

8 We were at the party until midnight.

9 They were at school at 2 o’ clock.

10 I saw him in the morning.

11 I did my homework in the evening.

12 She started dancing at 6 and now she’s a great star.

13 He learned driving a lorry in three weeks.

14 He waited until they were quiet.

15 In summer he always goes jogging on Sundays