AT | ON | ||||
We use at with times: | We use on with dates and days: | ||||
at 5 o’clock - at 11.45 - at midnight - at lunchtime | on 12 March - on Friday(s) - on Friday morning(s) | ||||
Tom usually gets up at 7 o’clock. | on Sunday afternoon(s) - on Saturday night(s) | ||||
on Christmas Day (but at Christmas) | |||||
We use at in these expressions: | |||||
at night - at Christmas - at the moment / at present - at the same time - at weekends - at the age of... | |||||
IN | DURING | ||||
We use in for longer periods of time: | We use during + noun to say when something happens: | ||||
in April - in 1986 - in winter - in the 19th century - in the 1970s - in the morning(s) / in the afternoon(s) / in the evening(s) | during the film - during our holiday - during the night | ||||
In + period of time = a time in the future: | I fell asleep during the film. | ||||
Jack will be back in a week. | We met a lot of interesting people during our holiday. | ||||
The train will leave in a few minutes. | |||||
In + how long it takes to do something: | |||||
I learned to drive in four weeks. | www.english-4u.de/prepositionoftime.htm |
27 Eylül 2011 Salı
PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
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