Page 3 - MIND MAP AND NOTES-PREPOSITION

place. Prepositions of time are the same words as prepositions of place; however they are used in

a different way.

At This preposition of time is used to discuss clock times, holidays and festivals,
and other very specific time frames including exceptions, such as “at night.”
IN This preposition of time is used to discuss months, seasons, years, centuries,
general times of day, and longer periods of time such as “in the past.”
ON This preposition of time is used to discuss certain days of the week or portions of
days of the week, specific dates, and special days such as “on New Year’s Day.”
Some more Prepositions of time are:

Preposition of Usage Example
Time
 used to show an amount of  I'm just going to bed for an
for
time. hour or so.
 back in the past; back in time  The dinosaurs died out 65
ago
from the present: million years ago.
before  at or during a time earlier than  She's always up before dawn.
 used when saying the time, to
to  It's twenty to six.
mean before the stated hour

past  telling the time  five past ten
 until a particular time, marking  It's only two weeks to
to
end of a period of time Christmas.
 used to show the time when  The museum is open from 9.30
from
something starts to 6.00 Tuesday to Sunday.
 We waited till / until half past
till / until  up to (the time that)
six for you.
 She had promised to be back by
 not later than; at or before
by five o'clock.

 from a particular time in the  England have not won the
since past until a later time, or until World Cup in football since
now 1966
PREPOSITION OF DIRECTION

A preposition of direction tells where to go or where to put something. Some examples are to,
on, onto, in, into, towards and through and are used to describe the direction. Prepositions of
direction show us where or in which direction something moves.