prepositions of time
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PREPOSITIONS
OF TIME
AT
To tell the time:
I went to bed at 10 o’clock.
at midnight.
at noon.
at dawn.
To talk about holiday periods:
Do you get together with your relatives at Christmas?
I went shopping at the weekend.
Fixed expressions:
He is busy at the moment / at present
ON
With days:
See you on Wednesday.
I met her on Tuesday morning.
With dates:
They got married on February 14.
IN
With parts of the day: (morning, afternoon, evening BUT
*at night!)
I go to school in the morning.
With months:
My birthday is in July.
With seasons:
I go on holiday in Summer.
IN
With years:
She was born in 2010.
With centuries:
The company was founded
in the 19
th
century.
To indicate Length of time:
I’ll be ready in 15 minutes.
AGO
Ago refers to a definite point of time in the past:
He was born 6 months ago.
The party started an hour ago.
