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Prepositions of Time

рд╕рдордп рдХреЗ рд╕рдВрдмрдВрдзрд╕реВрдЪрдХ рдЕрд╡реНрдпрдп

Prepositions of Time | рд╕рдордп рдХреЗ рд╕рдВрдмрдВрдзрд╕реВрдЪрдХ рдЕрд╡реНрдпрдп

Prepositions of time tell us when something happens.

рд╕рдордп рдХреЗ рд╕рдВрдмрдВрдзрд╕реВрдЪрдХ рдЕрд╡реНрдпрдп рдмрддрд╛рддреЗ рд╣реИрдВ рдХрд┐ рдХреБрдЫ рдХрдм рд╣реЛрддрд╛ рд╣реИред

Preposition Use | рдЙрдкрдпреЛрдЧ Example | рдЙрджрд╛рд╣рд░рдг
AT Specific time / clock time
рд╡рд┐рд╢рд┐рд╖реНрдЯ рд╕рдордп
at 5 o'clock, at noon, at midnight
ON Days and dates
рджрд┐рди рдФрд░ рддрд╛рд░реАрдЦ
on Monday, on 15th August, on my birthday
IN Months, years, seasons, centuries
рдорд╣реАрдиреЗ, рд╕рд╛рд▓, рдореМрд╕рдо
in January, in 2025, in summer, in the morning
SINCE Starting point (with present perfect)
рд╢реБрд░реБрдЖрддреА рдмрд┐рдВрджреБ
since 2020, since Monday, since morning
FOR Duration / period of time
рдЕрд╡рдзрд┐
for 2 hours, for 3 years, for a long time
BY Not later than / deadline
рд╕рдордп рд╕реАрдорд╛
by 5 PM, by tomorrow, by next week
UNTIL/TILL Up to a certain time
рдХрд┐рд╕реА рдирд┐рд╢реНрдЪрд┐рдд рд╕рдордп рддрдХ
until 6 PM, till tomorrow
DURING Throughout a period
рдПрдХ рдЕрд╡рдзрд┐ рдХреЗ рджреМрд░рд╛рди
during the summer, during the meeting
AFTER Later than
рдХреЗ рдмрд╛рдж
after lunch, after 5 PM
BEFORE Earlier than
рд╕реЗ рдкрд╣рд▓реЗ
before noon, before the meeting

Examples with Explanation | рдЙрджрд╛рд╣рд░рдг

The class starts at 9 AM.
рдХрдХреНрд╖рд╛ рд╕реБрдмрд╣ 9 рдмрдЬреЗ рд╢реБрд░реВ рд╣реЛрддреА рд╣реИред
I was born on 15th August.
рдореЗрд░рд╛ рдЬрдиреНрдо 15 рдЕрдЧрд╕реНрдд рдХреЛ рд╣реБрдЖ рдерд╛ред
She came in 2020.
рд╡рд╣ 2020 рдореЗрдВ рдЖрдИ рдереАред
I have been here since morning.
рдореИрдВ рд╕реБрдмрд╣ рд╕реЗ рдпрд╣рд╛рдБ рд╣реВрдБред
I waited for two hours.
рдореИрдВрдиреЗ рджреЛ рдШрдВрдЯреЗ рдЗрдВрддрдЬрд╝рд╛рд░ рдХрд┐рдпрд╛ред

тЬНя╕П Practice Exercise | рдЕрднреНрдпрд╛рд╕

Fill in AT, ON, or IN:

  1. The meeting is _____ 10 o'clock.
  2. India got independence _____ 1947.
  3. My birthday is _____ Monday.
  4. I get up early _____ the morning.
  5. The exam is _____ 5th December.
Click for Answers
  1. at (specific time)
  2. in (year)
  3. on (day)
  4. in (part of day)
  5. on (date)