Choose the correct prepositions of time from the list given to fill in blanks bellow: At, on, in, by, till/until, from since, for, during, within, at the end, in the end, after. I’ll se[r]
(1)15 prepositions of A
T
ON
BY TILL UNTIL
Exact time, weekend, holidays, age
At six o’clock, at midnight, at easter, at seventeen, at present, at the moment, at the same time
FOR
SINCE
Day, adjective+day, day+part of the day, dates
On Sunday, on New Years day, o a cold day, on Friday evening, on
August 31st
Part of the day, longer period of time, (month, season, year, century)Note: at noon, at night
In the morning, in two days’ time, in a week, in March, in the summer, in 1998, in the 20th century
(= not later than, before a certain time)
Tina must be ready by 9:00 By the time, by then, by that time
( a certain time,
duration) I’ll be studying till / until 9:00.
FROM … to/till/until I worked from 10:00 to 12:00 yesterday
(= from a certain time up to the present)
There have been here since Tuesday (from Tuesday till now)
She has been here for two months (= a period of time,
(2)DURIN G
WHILE
Noun Verb
During the war we moved to Sweden
Burglars broke in while we were out
WITHIN
AFTER
AT THE BEGINNIN G (OF )
Gerund/noun/pronoun {but: afterwards (adverb)=then, after that}
He came home after work
They left afterwards = in less than a
certain period of time
You must be back within five days
(before the fifth day)
There’s usually a table of contents at the beginning of a book
There is usually an index at the end of books
AT THE END (OF)
IN THE
BEGINNING (=at first,
originally)
You may find it difficult in the beginning
IN THE END
(= at last, finally)
(3)Choose the correct prepositions of time from the list given to fill in blanks bellow: At, on, in, by, till/until, from since, for, during, within, at the end, in the end, after.
1 he age of eighty he still went to the country _ the weekend, catching a train _ five o ‘clock every Friday, and returning _ noon on Monday He worked in the garden _ dawn dusk without a break
3 I’ll see you again the beginning of the new session He hasn’t called his mother _ ages
5 I haven’t seen him _ we were at school together
6 six months’ time we’ll be going to Canada two months We hope to visit my mother in Italy a while _ holidays We’re all going on holiday the end of July
9 Please promise to be there five _ Saturday afternoon 10 We last saw him _ 1974 a sunny afternoon May 11 _ the time you receive this, I’ll have left for Rome
12 30th June, three _ five the afternoon there will be a
slide show, and we’ll all have strawberries and cream in the garden 13 She didn’t want to come _ first, but the end she agreed to 14 Please, let us have your application a week of receipt of this letter 15 If we don’t hear from you _ the next two days, we’ll give the job to someone
else
Complete the sentences using one of the following: after, afterwards,
within, at the beginning, at the end, in he beginning, in the end.
1 They went home the ceremony
2 All entries must be submitted two weeks
3 There was a big celebration
4 There ia a very violent scene _ of the film but then it improves
5 I had no idea who had committed the crime until right _ of the book
6 _ the job seemed dull but it did get better
7 It was a close race but the French team won
8 She was very tired _ working all night
9 It is important that the payment is received six weeks from today
10 Mary left at ten o’clock and Sue went soon _
11 I found the novel very confusing, but I changed my mind later
12 The introduction is of the book
13 The credits usually appear of a film, just as everyone is leaving
14 It took me a long time to get to work when it snowed, but I arrived