preposition of time

A
T
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BY
TILL
UNTIL
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Exact time, weekend,
holidays, age
At six o’clock, at midnight,
at easter, at seventeen, at
present, at the moment, at
the same time.
FOR
FROM
SINCE
Day, adjective+day,
day+part of the day,
dates
On Sunday, on New Years
day, o a cold day, on
Friday evening, on
August 31
st

Part of the day, longer
period of time, (month,
season, year, century)Note:
at noon, at night
In the morning, in two

days’ time, in a week, in
March, in the summer, in
1998, in the 20
th
century
(= not later than,
before a certain
time)
Tina must be ready
by 9:00. By the time,
by then, by that
time
( a certain time,
duration)
I’ll be studying till /
until 9:00.
… to/till/until
I worked from 10:00
to 12:00 yesterday.
(= from a certain
time up to the
present)
There have been here
since Tuesday. (from
Tuesday till now)
(= a period of time,
duration)
She has been here
for two months.
WITHIN

AFTER
AT THE
BEGINNIN
G (OF )
DURIN
G
WHILE
AT THE
END
(OF)
Noun
Verb
During the war we moved
to Sweden.
Burglars broke in while
we were out.
Gerund/noun/pronoun
{but: afterwards
(adverb)=then, after
that}
He came home after
work.
They left
afterwards.
= in less than a
certain period of
time
You must be back
within five days.
(before the fifth day)

There’s usually a table
of contents at the
beginning of a book.
There is usually an
index at the end of
books.
IN THE
BEGINNING
IN
THE
END
(=at first,
originally)
You may find it
difficult in the
beginning.
(= at last,
finally)
At first I didn’t like
the idea much but in
the end it proved to
be excellent.
1. ______ he age of eighty he still went to the country _____ the weekend, catching a
train _______ five o ‘clock every Friday, and returning _____ noon on Monday.
2. He worked in the garden _____ dawn ______ dusk without a break.
3. I’ll see you again ______ the beginning of the new session.
4. He hasn’t called his mother _______ ages.
5. I haven’t seen him _______ we were at school together.
6. ______ six months’ time we’ll be going to Canada ______ two months.
7. We hope to visit my mother in Italy ______ a while _______ holidays.

8. We’re all going on holiday ______ the end of July.
9. Please promise to be there ______ five _____ Saturday afternoon.
10. We last saw him _____ 1974 ______ a sunny afternoon______ May.
11. _______ the time you receive this, I’ll have left for Rome.
12. ______ 30
th
June, ______ three _____ five ______ the afternoon there will be a
slide show, and ______ we’ll all have strawberries and cream in the garden.
13. She didn’t want to come _____ first, but ____ the end she agreed to.
14. Please, let us have your application ______ a week of receipt of this letter.
15. If we don’t hear from you _____ the next two days, we’ll give the job to someone
else.
• Choose the correct prepositions of time from the list given to fill in blanks bellow:
At, on, in, by, till/until, from since, for, during, within, at the end, in the
end, after.
 Complete the sentences using one of the following: after, afterwards,
within, at the beginning, at the end, in he beginning, in the
end.
1. They went home ______ the ceremony.
2. All entries must be submitted ________ two weeks.
3. There was a big celebration ________ .
4. There ia a very violent scene _______ of the film but then it improves.
5. I had no idea who had committed the crime until right _______ of the book.
6. _______ the job seemed dull but it did get better.
7. It was a close race but ________ the French team won.
8. She was very tired _________ working all night.
9. It is important that the payment is received ________ six weeks from today.
10. Mary left at ten o’clock and Sue went soon _________ .
11. ________ I found the novel very confusing, but I changed my mind later.
12. The introduction is ________ of the book.

13. The credits usually appear ______ of a film, just as everyone is leaving.
14. It took me a long time to get to work when it snowed, but I arrived ______ .
15. The orchestra received a standing ovation _______ their concert.