snow

Friday, January 24, 2014

Prepositions of Time

Use: 
Use prepositions of time before days, months, years and other time words.
AT:
Use before:
Times: We’re leaving at 3 o’clock
Lunchtime / bedtime: He’s arriving at lunchtime.
Night: I can’t sleep at night. 
The weekend: See you at the weekend!
Festivals: We went away at Easter.
IN:
the morning / afternoon / evening: See you in the morning! 
Months: My birthday’s in June.
Seasons: We always go on holiday in summer.
Years: He was born in 1996.
ON:
Dates: We arrived here on 4th August.
Days of the week: Let’s go to the zoo on Saturday.
Single day events: We always eat out on Christmas Day.
Use ON before a day + morning/ afternoon/ evening/ night. See you on Tuesday night!

Don’t use a preposition before: today, tonight, tomorrow, yesterday.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.