27/04/2023
PREPOSITIONS OF TIME*
(Part-1)
*AT*
'At' is used for precise times
• *At* 10.30am
• *At* 8 o'clock
• *At* bedtime
• *At* breakfast
• *At* dawn/dusk
• *At* dinnertime
• *At* midday
• *At* night/noon
• *At* Southern
• *At* sunrise/sunset
• *At* ten o'clock
• *At* that time
• *At* the beginning
• *At* the end
• *At* the moment
• *At* the present
• *At* the same time
• *At* the weekend
*IN*
'In' is used for months, years, decades, centuries, and long periods of time
• *In* 16 year's time
• *In* 1991
• *In* December
• *In* January
• *In* the 1970's
• *In* the 21st century
• *In* the 70's
• *In* the afternoon
• *In* the Christmas holiday
• *In* the Dark Ages
• *In* the evening
• *In* the future
• *In* the morning
• *In* the past
• *In* the seventies
• *In* the Summer
• *In* this century
*ON*
'On' is used for days and dates
• *On* a Summer evening
• *On* Christmas day
• *On* Christmas
• *On* Friday
• *On* holiday
• *On* January 3rd
• *On* my birthday
• *On* my wedding day
• *On* that day
• *On* the 10th
• *On* the 10th of January
• *On* the first day
• *On* the last day
• *On* Tuesday night
• *On* Wednesday.
*PREPOSTIONS*
*At*
It shows party, place, festival, function, rate, speed, time, village, town, and ability of the subject
*On*
It is used to show physical contact, attachment, day, about
*In*
It is used to show city, country, continent
*Into*
It is used to show rest,
change in position
*Of*
It is used to show relation, consisting of, making of, about, due to
*Of*
It is used to show away from, aside from and it gives different meanings in different sentences
*Beneath*
It is used to show
inferior to inability, status, position,
and gives the meaning of unworthy
*Under*
It is used to show close
against, in subordination, and working progress
*With*
It is used to show
accompanied by against, work done by an instrument
*By*
It is used to show near, bymeans of, according to, quantities, by which things are sold, and work done by an agent