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Time Prepositions | |
|English |Usage |Example |
|on |days of the week |on Monday |
|in |months / seasons |in August / in|
| | |winter |
| |time of day |in the morning |
| |year |in 2006 |
||after a certain |in an hour |
| |period of time | |
| |(when?) | |
|at |for night|at night |
| |for weekend |at the weekend |
| |a certain point |at half past nine|
| |of time (when?) | ||since |from a certain |since 1980 |
| |point of time | |
| |(past till now) | |
|for|over a certain |for 2 years |
| |period of time | |
| |(past till now) | |
|ago |a certain time in|2years ago |
| |the past | |
|before |earlier than a |before 2004 |
| |certain point of | |
||time | |
|to |telling the time |ten to six (5:50)|
|past |telling the time |ten past six |
| ||(6:10) |
|to / till / until |marking the |from Monday |
| |beginning and end|to/till Friday |
| |of a period of ||
| |time | |
|till / until |in the sense of |He is on holiday |
| |how long |until Friday. |
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