Prepositions of Timе

- preposition
examples ·- ~ ·'\ 7-

meaning
about Let's get together to study about 4·оо
/ went to sleep at about 11:30. . . approximately

after lt's а minute after nine.

lt's а quarter after six. later than

around lt'/1 take around four hours to get to Dallas. approximately

The NATO exercises start around пооп.
at We'/1 meet at 6:30 this evening. used with а point in time
C/asses begin at 7:30 а.т.
before The dental clinic opens sometime before 8:30 а.т. earlier than
Му watch says it's seven minutes before пооп.

between The bus arrives between В and В: 15. falling between two times
/'// са// home between пооп and опе.
Ьу Ве at the dri/1 sergeant's office Ьу 0700. по later than
Му mother had dinner cooked Ьу 4 every afternoon.

during / stayed awake during the entire storm. while а period of time or event
They asked те several questions about ту is happening
previous job during the job interview.

for / exercise every morning for опе hour. length of time

The graduation ceremony /asted for three hours.

from ... to Bob's hospital stay was trom Wednesday to Sunday. indicates beginning and ending
The ехат wi/1 Ье from 7:30 to 9 а.т. of time
а period of time
in There was по e-mail in the 1940'5.
The movie will begin in five minutes. future end time

of before
lt's а quarter of five.
Ве here at ten minutes of six.
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 meaning
preposition examples
day, date
ОП Му new job begins оп June 1st.
ВоЬ joined the navy оп Friday the 13th·
more than а specified amounv ,
over / haven't seen Larry in over а year. number; during '
We studied math over the weekend.
past lt's past midnight. We need to go home.
after -
lt's five minutes past three.
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s1nce We've Ьееп married since 1982. beginning of а time frame
Peter has Ьееп sick since Thursday.
through The play wi/1 Ье in town through next week. from the beginning to the end
/'// Ье in England through the summer. of а time period

under / ran а mile in under 20 minutes. less than

Preparing а теа/ takes under 30 minutes according
to some cooks.
until /till The ВХ is ореп until/ti/19 р.т. up to the time
Уои саг won't Ье ready until this afternoon.

with/within The band arrived at the stadium with five minutes indicates а closeness to time;
left before the start of the performance. inside а time frame
The president wi/1 make ап announcement within 24
hours.