This document discusses the use of time prepositions in English. It explains that prepositions of time are used to define when something occurs in relation to a specific time. Some common time prepositions are on, at, in, since, for, by, from, to, until, during, and within. The document provides examples of how each preposition is used with days, times, months, years, seasons, and durations. It includes an exercise for the reader to choose the correct time preposition for different scenarios.

1. Prepositions of Time Created by: Maria Susanti 200331094

2. Theory Time prepositions are used to define time. Prepositions usually come before a noun or Pronoun. Prepositions never come after a verb.

3. One point in time On is used with days: ● I will see you on Monday.7 ● The week begins on Sunday. At is used with noon, night, midnight, and with the time of day: ● My plane leaves at noon. ● The movie starts at 6 p.m. In is used with other parts of the day, with months, with years, with seasons: ● He likes to read in the afternoon. ● The days are long in August. ● The book was published in 1999. ● The flowers will bloom in spring

4. Extended time To express extended time, English uses the following prepositions: since, for, by, from—to, from-until, during, (with)in  She has been gone since yesterday. (She left yesterday and has not returned.)  I'm going to Paris for two weeks. (I will spend two weeks there.)  The movie showed from August to October. (Beginning in August and ending in October.)  The decorations were up from spring until fall. (Beginning in spring and ending in fall.)  I watch TV during the evening. (For some period of time in the evening.)  We must finish the project within a year. (No longer than a year.)

5. Example after - I will be there after work. around - We will be there around 3 PM before - I will be there before I go to school. between - I will be there by - I will be there by the time that you leave for work. during - I will be there during your class. for - I will be there for your birthday. past - I wasn't there for the past 2 months. since - I didn't see her since I was 10 years old. until - I will not be home until 7:00 PM. within - I will be there within 2 hours.

6. Exercise Choose the correct prepositions. 1. What are you doing the weekend? 2. I don't know yet. Maybe I'll go to the cinema Saturday. 3. That's interesting. I haven't been to the cinema so many years. 4. We could go there together the afternoon. 5. That would be great. But I would prefer to go there the evening. I am visiting my grandma Saturday. 6. That's okay. The film starts eight o'clock. 7. I can pick you up half seven. How long does the film last? 8. It lasts two hours and forty-five minutes. 9. eight a quarter eleven. 10. That's right. But I must hurry home the film. I have to be home eleven o'clock.

7. Answers Choose the correct prepositions. 1. What are you doing at the weekend? 2. I don't know yet. Maybe I'll go to the cinema on Saturday. 3. That's interesting. I haven't been to the cinema for so many years . 4. We could go there together in the afternoon. 5. That would be great. But I would prefer to go there in the evening. I am visiting my grandma on Saturday. 6. That's okay. The film starts at eight o'clock. 7. I can pick you up at half past seven. How long does the film last? 8. It lasts for two hours and forty-five minutes. 9. From eight till a quarter to eleven. 10. That's right. But I must hurry home after the film. I have to be home by eleven o'clock.