Prepositions Of Time

Question 1

What are the prepositions of time?

Answer 1

On,
In
At
Since
For
Ago
Before
To
Past
To
From
Till / until
By

Question 2

On

Answer 2

• days
• weekend (American English)

Ex.
Many shops don’t open Sundays.
What did you do on weekend?

Question 3

In

Answer 3

• months / seasons / year
• morning / evening / afternoon
• period of time

Ex.
I visited Italy in July, in spring, in 1994.
In the evenings, I like to relax.
This is the first cigarette I’ve had in three years.

Question 4

At

Answer 4

• night
• weekend ( British English)
• used to show an extract or a particular time

Ex.
It gets cold at night.
What did you do at the weekend?
There’s a meeting at 2.30 this afternoon / at lunch time.

Question 5

Since

Answer 5

• from a particular time in the past until a later time, or until now

Ex.
England have not won the World Cup in football since 1966

Question 6

For

Answer 6

• used to show an amount of time

Ex.
I’m just going to bed an hour or so.

Question 7

Ago

Answer 7

• back in the past; back in time from the present

Ex.
The dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago

Question 8

Before

Answer 8

• at or during a time earlier than

Ex.
She’s always up before dawn.

Question 9

To

Answer 9

• used when saying the time, to mean before the stated hour

Ex.
It’s twenty to six

Question 10

Past

Answer 10

• telling the time

Ex.
Five past ten

Question 11

To

Answer 11

• until a particular time, marking end of a period of time

Ex.
It’s only two weeks to Christmas.

Question 12

From

Answer 12

• used to show the time when something starts

Ex.
The museum is open from 9.30 to 6.00 Tuesday to Sunday

Question 13

Till / until

Answer 13

• up to (the time that)

Ex.
We waited till / until half past six for you.

Question 14

By

Answer 14

• not later than; at or before

Ex.
She had promised to be back by five o’clock.