Monday 10 February 2014

Prepositions of time and place




Prepositions of time and place

A) Preposition of time:
  In /  at/   on/  from........to 


     I.            “on”: is used with:


a.       Days of the week: on Friday/ on Monday/ on Saturday……
b.      Dateon 15th April/ on 23rdDecember/ on the 15th of April…
c.       A special part of a dayon Friday evening/ on Monday morning…
 

II.            “at”: is used with:


a.       Part of the day: at night/ at noon…
b.      Time of day: at 7:00/ at 9:00/ at midday/ at midnight/ at sunset/ at sunrise…….
c.       Celebrations: at Christmas/ at Ester……
d.      Fixed phrasesat the same time/ at present/ at the moment…………



III.             “in” is used with:

a.       Months: in July/ in May/ in December… 
b.      Year: in 2012/  in 1999/ in 1985/ in 1970s 
c.       Seasons: in summer/ in spring/ in autumn/ in winter… 
d.      Part of the day: in the morning/ in the evening/ in the afternoon………………. 
e.      Duration: in weeks time/ in a minute/ in two weeks……………………………………


IV.            “from…….to……” : 


is used with limited periods of time:
 From seven o’clock to nine o’clock
 from Monday to Saturday.

 

B) prepositions of place: