Kenice Gabrielle B.

Felix 8-Kepler

Prepositions of Time
 A preposition is a word used to link nouns, pronouns, or phrases to other words within a
sentence. They act to connect the people, objects, time and locations of a sentence.
 Prepositions are usually short words, and they are normally placed directly in front of
nouns.
 A nice way to think about prepositions is as the words that help glue a sentence together.
They do this by expressing position and movement, possession, time and how an action is
completed.
 Preposition of Time
 A preposition of time is a preposition that allows you to discuss a specific time
period such as a date on the calendar, one of the days of the week, or the actual time
something takes place.
 Prepositions of time are the same words as prepositions of place; however, they are
used in a different way. You can easily distinguish these prepositions, as they always
discuss times rather than places.

Preposition of Time Usage Example

My birthday is in January.
School starts in August.
There are many flowers in
Months/Seasons
spring.
There are snow storms in
winter.
I drink my medicine in the
In
evening.
Time of day
I water the garden in the
afternoon.
The Titanic sank in 1912.
Year
I was born in 2006.
I’ll be there in an hour.
A certain period of time
We’ll leave in 10 minutes.
At Meet me at 7 am.
Hours I’ll see you outside the mall
at 5pm.
Now that my grandfather is
older, he no longer drives at
Parts of the day night.
Let’s meet behind my house
at midnight.
Holidays without “day” Come and visit us at
Thanksgiving.
They sing carols at
Christmas.
 She is nervous at the
moment.
Time
They both arrived at the
same time.
I got to the hospital on
Monday.
Days of the week
I will wear pink on
Wednesday.
My birthday is on the 17th.
We celebrate my parent’s
Calendar dates
wedding anniversary on
April 12th
I don’t have work on New
Year’s Day.
Holidays with “day”
I go back to the province on
On Christmas Day.
I was absent on that day.
Specific days I was in Disneyland on my
birthday.
I usually play with my
friends on Friday afternoons.
Day + Part of day
I will hear mass on Saturday
morning.
I arrive on my job interview
on time.
Time
I have plans with my family
on the weekend.
We stayed at a student hostel
Used when something
during the conference.
During happens within the time
We stayed at my parents
something else is happening
during the holidays.
I’m just going to bed for two
We use for with a period of hours.
For
time. The cake will be baked in the
oven for 45 minutes.
We’ll wait till/until half past
Until/ till means up to a
Until/Till six for you.
certain time
I’ll stay here until 4pm.
The factory has been here
Refers back to a point in time
Since since the 1970s.
when something began.
We lived here since 2005.
Her visit will extend from
We use from…to to show
Monday to Thursday.
From…to when something starts and
I played with my friends
finishes.
from 9am to 5pm.
Ago We use ago to refer to how He left the house over an
far back in time something hour ago.
happened She just left like two seconds

We use before to refer to any
Before time previous to a specific
point in time
We use by when we want to
By
say “not later than”.
We use after when we want
After
to say “later in time than“.
We use to in telling the time,
when we refer to the number
of minutes before the hour.
To
We can use to with the
meaning of “until” when we
are talking about time.
Refers to the amount of time
Past
past the hour
We use between … and to
Between…and talk about time that separates
two points.
Refers to a span of time
Within during which something may
occur.
ago.
She’s always up before dawn.
I leave my house before 7am
to go to work.
He had promised to be back
by five o’clock.
They said they’ll be here by
ten o’clock.
I felt fairly relaxed after
taking the medicine.
I’ll leave after this game.
It’s quarter to two.
It’s quarter to seven.
It’s just three days to
Halloween.
There’s just five days to our
wedding.
It’s five past ten.
It’s 20 minutes past 12nn.
The team have a lot of work
to do between now and
Sunday.
We’ll do the project between
now and Monday.
You should receive a reply
within seven days.
The package will arrive
within 3-5 days.