LANG/GRAM/GralInt-Time Words and Prepositions

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Time Words and Prepositions


November 27, 2013



on + day of week (e.g. on Tuesday)
in + year (e.g. in 2015)
in + month (e.g. in February)
in + the morning/the afternoon/the evening
in two years (in shows future time)
at + time of day (e.g. at 3.30)


On
on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday etc…
on the weekend (USA & Australia)
on Wednesday afternoon
on Thursday morning
on Friday mornings (Friday mornings in general)
on weekends (weekends in general)
on Christmas Day

IN
in the morning/the afternoon/the evening
in May, June, December…
in 2006/in 2016
in week 10
in one week/in two months/in three years (Here in + time word shows future time.)
in the holidays/vacation

AT
at night
at midday
at midnight
at 8 o’clock
at 10 PM
at half past three/at three thirty 3.30
at the weekend (UK, Australia)
at weekends (weekends in general)
at the end of the week/month/year
at Christmas/at Easter

EVERY
Every day
Every week
Every month
Every year

BY (=not later than a deadline)
The report needs to be finished by 5 PM tomorrow. (The emphasis on the deadline.)
Could you complete the report by next Friday please?

UNTIL (=continuing action/state to a deadline)
You have until 5 PM tomorrow to finish the report. (The time leading to the deadline is emphasised.)
He is on leave until July 5.

FROM … UNTIL/TO
The meeting will be from 10AM until/to 4PM.
From Monday to Friday

DURING
During the week,… (USA & Aust. = Monday to Friday)
In the week,… (UK = Monday to Friday)
During the meeting,
During the conference,

LAST and NEXT
Last/Next week
Last/Next month
Last/Next year
Last/Next weekend
Last/Next Tuesday
Warning – On next Tuesday
The week after next (i.e. in two weeks)

THIS
This week ( = the week around now)
This coming week/This coming Tuesday (This is used to clearly say – the very next future time because next is sometimes unclear).







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