TIME PREPOSITIONS PREPOSITION IN
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Months of the year: (e.g. IN January) Seasons of the year: (e.g. IN winter) Years: (e.g. IN 1978) Centuries: (e.g. IN the 17th century) Parts of the day: (e.g. IN the morning, IN the afternoon, IN the evening…) Days of the week: (e.g. ON Friday) Dates: (e.g. ON the 12th of April 2013) Special occasions: (e.g. ON Christmas day, ON Good Friday, ON New Year´s Day…) Night, noon, midday, midnight: (e.g. AT night, AT noon) The time: (e.g. AT 7 o´clock) Periods of time: Easter, Christmas, weekend, Carnival (e.g. AT the weekend) Beginning point / ending point: FROM 8.00 TO 10.30 Ending point: (e.g. I am in the English lessons UNTIL 10.30) Periods: (more general) (e.g. DURING the week) Periods: (more precise) (e.g. FOR 3 weeks) Beginning point: (more precise) (e.g. SINCE 2016) Close to the expressed time: (approximately) (e.g. BY the end of the month) A priori (e.g. BEFORE June) A posteriori (e.g. AFTER the lesson)
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