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Prepositions of time and Prepositions of place
- In this article, you're going to learn the following:
- prepositions of place examples
- prepositions of time examples and an exercise
- functional time prepositions
- To vs Till, Until
- On Christmas vs At Christmas
Prepositions of place
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Prepositions of place
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Prepositions of time
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Prepositions of time
Prepositions
of time
•No Prepositions with Tomorrow, Yesterday,
Next, and Last
•Do
not use on with the words tomorrow or yesterday.
Similarly, do not use at, in, or on with
any of the expressions listed above when they follow the words next or last.
•Examples:
•I
went to the movies on yesterday. Not correct
•I
went to the movies yesterday. Correct
•I
went to the movies on last Tuesday. Not correct
•I
went to the movies last Tuesday. Correct
•I
graduated from college in last August. Not correct
•I
graduated from college last August. Correct
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Prepositions of time Exercise
•1) There
was a loud noise which woke us up________ midnight.
•2)
______last week I worked until 9pm __ every night.
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•3) My
father always reads the paper _____ breakfast time.
•4)The
trees here are really beautiful _____ the spring.
•5)
I'll see you _____Tuesday afternoon then.
•6)
Shakespeare died ______ 1616.
•7)
His daughter was born _______the 24th of August.
•8)Mobile
phones became popular ______the nineties.
Prepositions of time
•On Christmas vs. At Christmas
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•Both on and at are
used with holidays, but the meaning is different. On is
used with specific days and at is
used with holiday periods. For this reason, on
Christmas means
on Christmas Day (Dec. 25) whereas at
Christmas means
during the Christmas season (late December). There is a similar distinction
with longer holidays, including Easter, the New Year, Thanksgiving weekend,
Chinese New Year etc.
•Examples:
•On Christmas, we always eat dinner at my
grandparents' house. Christmas
day
•I love all the decorations at
Christmas. Christmastime
Functional Time Prepositions
•The
following time prepositions have a more functional usage and show how two or
more events relate to each other in time. For example, Lisa
jogs before dinner means
Lisa jogs first and eats dinner second. These time prepositions can be hard to
translate and are best learned through conversation.
Functional Time Prepositions
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Tony
eats four times in twelve hours.
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To vs. Until vs. Till
•Both to and until express
similar ideas, but there is a difference in usage between the two words. To is
a preposition, and it must be followed by a noun, most frequently a clock time
such as 3:45 PM.
•Until is both a preposition and an
adverb, which means it is more flexible. Until can be followed by any time noun or
even an entire clause. If you are confused, you can use until and
that will always be right.
•Till is a short, less formal version
of until. Till (also
written as 'til) is more common in spoken English,
songs, and poetry.
To
vs. Until vs. Till
•Examples:
•Jane
stayed from 3:30 to 5:30.
•Jane
stayed from 3:30 until 5:30.
•Jane
stayed until the end.
•Jane
stayed till the end.
•Jane
stayed until every person in the room had left.
•Jane
stayed till every person in the room had left.
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