PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

AND TIME EXPRESSIONS

Cristina Ortiz Serrano

PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
 IN
 ON
 AT
 BEFORE
 AFTER
 FORM… TO
 FOR
 BEYOND
 UNTIL
 IN
CENTURIES YEARS SEASONS

 In the 21st century  In 1995  In summer

 In 2020  In the winter

PARTS OF THE DAY EXPRESSIONS

MONTHS
 In the morning  In 5 minutes
 In July  In the afternoon  In 2 days
 In October  In the evening  In an hour. Etc…
 ON
DATES DAYS

 On October 31st  On Monday

 On Dicember 25th  On Sunday
 On July 20th  On Friday night

EXPRESSIONS SPECIFIC DAYS

 On holidays  On my birthday
 On vacation  On Christmas day
 On weekdays  On mother’s day
 On weekends  On Halloween
 AT
HOURS
 At 3:00 p.m.
 At 4:30 a.m
 At 12:00 O’clock

PARTS OF THR DAY

 At noon
 At night
 At midnight

EXPRESSIONS

At Christmas At the moment

At Easter At the end
At the same time At sunrise
At lunchtime At Thanksgiven
 OTHER PREPOSITIONS
FOR DURING

 He stayed there for four days.  They don’t talk during dinner.

 I will work with them for a year.  I don’t smoke during office time.

FROM… TO UNTIL / UP TO
 She works from 2 to 6  Wait for me until I return
 They play from Monday to Friday  I chatted up to midnight

BEYOND BY

 They work beyond five  He will return by 6 PM.

 It won’t be accepted beyond Friday.  I will submit the list by 11 AM.