Respostas
Resposta:
Prepositions of time
Preposition of time Explanations Example
on
days
weekend (American English)
Many shops don't open on Sundays.
What did you do on the weekend?
in
months / seasons / year
morning / evening / afternoon
period of time
I visited Italy in July, in spring, in 1994
In the evenings, I like to relax.
This is the first cigarette I've had in three years.
at
night
weekend (British English)
used to show an exact or a particular time:
It gets cold at night.
What did you do at the weekend?
There's a meeting at 2.30 this afternoon / at lunch time.
since
from a particular time in the past until a later time, or until now
England have not won the World Cup in football since 1966
for
used to show an amount of time.
I'm just going to bed for an hour or so.
ago
back in the past; back in time from the present:
The dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago.
before
at or during a time earlier than
She's always up before dawn.
to
used when saying the time, to mean before the stated hour
It's twenty to six.
past
telling the time
five past ten
to
until a particular time, marking end of a period of time
It's only two weeks to Christmas.
from
used to show the time when something starts
The museum is open from 9.30 to 6.00 Tuesday to Sunday.
till / until
up to (the time that)
We waited till / until half past six for you.
by
not later than; at or before
She had promised to be back by five o'clock.
Related pages:
Prepositions of time
Prepositions of place
Other kinds of prepositions.
Lesson on the prepositions at in and on
Exercise on prepositions.
Exercise on the prepositions at, in and on
Explicação:
inglês
We understand Prepositions of time or expressions of time, expressions that give us information about the time when something happens. In the previous example during / during it tells us when she / she like rice. The following is a list of some of the most commonly used prepositions of time.
Explicação:
português
Entendemos por Prepositions of time ou preposições de tempo, expressões que nos dão informação sobre o tempo em que algo acontece. No exemplo anterior during/durante nos indica quando she/ela como arroz. A seguir, lhe mostramos uma lista de algumas das preposições de tempo mais usadas.