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some examples and sentences of preposition of time

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Answered by ZinniaChakraborty
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Answered by leishasri
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Explanation:

Preposition of time Explanations Example

on

days

weekend (American English)

Many shops don't open on Sundays.

What did you do on the weekend?

in

months / seasons / year

morning / evening / afternoon

period of time

I visited Italy in July, in spring, in 1994

In the evenings, I like to relax.

This is the first cigarette I've had in three years.

at

night

weekend (British English)

used to show an exact or a particular time:

It gets cold at night.

What did you do at the weekend?

There's a meeting at 2.30 this afternoon / at lunch time.

since

from a particular time in the past until a later time, or until now

England have not won the World Cup in football since 1966

for

used to show an amount of time.

I'm just going to bed for an hour or so.

ago

back in the past; back in time from the present:

The dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago.

before

at or during a time earlier than

She's always up before dawn.

to

used when saying the time, to mean before the stated hour

It's twenty to six.

past

telling the time

five past ten

to

until a particular time, marking end of a period of time

It's only two weeks to Christmas.

from

used to show the time when something starts

The museum is open from 9.30 to 6.00 Tuesday to Sunday.

till / until

up to (the time that)

We waited till / until half past six for you.

by

not later than; at or before

She had promised to be back by five o'clock.

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