Prepositio

Explanations Example
n of time
 days  Many shops don't
 weekend open on Sundays.
on (American  What did you do on the
English) weekend?

 months /  I visited
seasons / Italy in July, in spring, in 1
year 994
 morning /  In the evenings, I like to
evening / relax.
afternoon  This is the first cigarette
in
 period of I've had in three years.
time

 night  It gets cold at night.

 weekend  What did you do at the
(British weekend?
English)  There's a meeting at 2.30
at  used to this afternoon / atlunch
show an time.
exact or a
particular
time:

 from a  England have not won the

since
particular World Cup in
 time in the footballsince 1966
past until a
later time,
or until
now

 used to  I'm just going to

show an bed for an hour or so.
for amount of
time.

 back in the  The dinosaurs died out 65

past; back million years ago.
ago in time
from the
present:

 at or  She's always
during a up before dawn.
before time
earlier
than

 used when  It's twenty to six.

saying the
time, to
to mean
before the
stated
hour
  telling the  five past ten
past time

 until a  It's only two weeks to

particular Christmas.
time,
to marking
end of a
period of
time

 used to  The museum is

show the open from 9.30 to 6.00
from time when Tuesday to Sunday.
something
starts

 up to (the  We waited till / until half

till / until time that) past six for you.

 not later  She had promised to be

by than; at or back by five o'clock.
before