PREPOSITION ( TIME )
Preposition
Word
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Usage
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Example
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ON
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·
Days of the
Week
·
Dates / Days
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·
I go to temple
on Monday
·
I celebrate
b’day on 2 May
·
PM gives speech
on Independence Day
·
People
light diyas on Diwali Day.
·
I don’t work on Friday morning
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IN
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·
months / seasons
·
time of day
·
year / Century
·
Completion of work in a certain period of time (when?)
Example : I can complete my work in a night
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·
in August / in winter
·
in the morning/evening
·
in 2006
·
in an hour / in 3 months / in 2 days
I will complete this work in 3 months / in 2 days
She will come here in a moment
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AT
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·
night / dawn / dusk / sunset
·
weekend
·
a certain point of time (when?)
·
Festival Names
·
At the moment / Present
·
At the same time
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·
I study at night
·
I party at the weekend
·
I reach home at 6 pm
·
I burst crackers at Diwali
·
At present I am busy
·
She met me at the same time
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SINCE
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·
from a certain point of time (past till now)
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·
I have been working here since 1980 / January / Friday /morning /5pm
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FOR
|
·
over a certain period
of time (past till now)
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·
I have been
living here for 2 years / 3 months / 5 days/ 6 hours
|
AGO
|
·
a certain time
in the past
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·
I met her 2
years ago / 3 hours ago / 20 minutes ago
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BEFORE
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·
earlier than a
certain point of time
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·
I was in
Dehradun before 2004 / before January
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TO
|
·
telling the
time
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·
Meet me at
fifteen to six (5:45)
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PAST
|
·
telling the
time
|
·
ten past six
(6:10)
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TO /
TILL / UNTIL
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·
marking the
beginning and end of a period of time
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·
I work from
Monday to/till Friday
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BY
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·
in the sense of at the latest
·
up to a certain time
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·
I will be back by 6 o’clock.
·
By 11 o'clock, I had read five pages.
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