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PREPOSITIONS OF TIME (IN (+years (Ex. in 1345, in 1987
The Titanic…
PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
IN
+years
Ex. in 1345, in 1987
- The Titanic sank in 1912;
+Months
Ex. in May, in February, in July (NB!!!! when we don't mention the date)
- My birthday is in December;
- Haloween is in October;
The Brazilian national day is IN September but The Brazilian national day is on the 7th of September
+THE+decade
Ex. in the 1960th, in the 70s
- 1960s;
- 70s (we don't put apostrophes between the number and S)
- Life was difficult in the 1940s;
- The music was great in the eighties.
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+the seasons
Ex. in winter; in summer; in spring
- Does it snow here in winter?
+period of time
Ex. in 3 hours; in 6 weeks; in two days = a certain length of time from now
- The meeting starts in ten minutes;
- She will be here in three hours.
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OTHER TIPS
ON + DAY + Part of the day
Ex. : :check: :On Wednesday afternoon NOT :no_entry: on Wednesday in the afternoon
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at the moment / at the minute / at present / at this time (= now): Can we talk later? I’m busy at the moment.
We say that something will happen in a few minutes / in six months etc. :
The train will be leaving in a few minutes. (= a few minutes from now)
Andy has gone away. He’ll be back in a week. (= a week from now)
They’ll be here in a moment. (= a moment from now, very soon)
:no_entry: WE DON'T USE PREPOSITION WITH NEXT WORDS
LAST
NEXT
THIS
EVERY
Ex. We are going to New Zeland this morning;
AT
+SPECIFIC TIME
Ex. at 5am, at midnight; I got up at 10 am today
+HOLIDAY PERIOD
Ex. At Christmas, at Thanksgiving
- They sing Carols at Christmas;
- Did you eat much at Easter ?
ON
+Days
Ex. on Monday, on Tuesday
- We will visit you on Wednesday;
- He doesn't work on Sundays (because we speak about all Sundays in general)
+Dates
Ex. on the 19th, on the May 4th, on New Year's Day
- Her Birthday is on March 27th;
- The exam is on 16th
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