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TYPES OF PREPOSITION 
 
PREPOSITIONS OF TIME 
Prepositions Nature 
IN 1. Month or Year. 
e.g. in January, in 1985 
2. Particular time of day or month or year 
e.g. in the morning, in the evening, in the first week of January, 
in summer, in winter 
3. Century or specific time in past etc 
e.g. in 21st century, in stone age, in past, in future, in present 
ON 1. Day 
e.g. on Monday, on Tuesday morning 
2. Date 
e.g. on 5th of March, March 5 
3. Particular day 
e.g. on Independence Day, on my birthday, on the next day, on 
the morning of September 11th 
AT 1. Time of clock 
e.g. at 5 O’clock, at 7:30 PM 
2. Short and precise time or age 
e.g. at noon, at sunset, at bed time, at the moment, at the same 
time, at breakfast, at Christmas, at night, at the weekend, at 
that time, at age 6. 
BY Not later than a specific time 
e.g. by 6:00, by age 30 
FOR When we measure time (seconds, minutes, hours, days, 
months, years). 
e.g. He held his breath for seven minutes. 
She's lived there for seven years. 
The British and Irish have been quarreling for seven centuries. 
SINCE 
 
With a specific date or time. 
e.g. He's worked here since 1970. 
She's been sitting in the waiting room since two-thirty. 
FROM ... TO 
FROM... 
TILL/UNTIL 
two points form a period 
e.g. from Monday to Wednesday 
from Monday till Wednesday 
from Monday until Wednesday 
TILL/UNTIL No later than a special time 
e.g. till tomorrow 
until tomorrow 
UP TO Not more than a special time 
 e.g. up to 6 hours a day 
WITHIN During a period of time 
e.g. within a day 
NOTE: 
At the beginning - The first part of something (street, book, film, etc.); the starting 
point in a process; the start of a period of time 
Let’s read out loud the examples given at the beginning of chapter 10. 
The horse fell right at the beginning of the race. 
I’m traveling to Mexico at the beginning of June. 
 
 
In the beginning - At first 
In the beginning I didn’t like living in Chicago, but now I love it! 
Learning Japanese was really difficult for me in the beginning. 
I was in the beginning of my studies when I had to quit college to help out my ailing 
mother. / 
At the end - The end part of something (street, book, film, etc.); the finishing point 
in a process; the end of a period of time 
My house is at the end of the street on the left. 
The contractors were at the end of constructing the new subway line when the 
earthquake hit. 
Sarah and John will be moving back to Canada at the end of the year. 
In the end - Finally 
We looked at four different churches for our wedding. In the end we decided to get 
married in the back yard of our house. 
Tony complained so much about the hotel room that, in the end, they gave him an 
extra day for free. 
I watched so many films over the weekend. In the end I couldn’t even remember 
which ones I liked!