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Prepositions of time
Prepositions of time
Examples
Talking about a precise moment.
| And :
At night
At the weekend/At weekends (British)
At Christmas - At Easter
At the same time At present |
Talking about a special day, days of the week, precise date.
The shop will be closed on Wednesday afternoon. | |
Her birthday is on November 17th.
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Did Santa Claus come to your house on Christmas night ? |
talking about months, years, centuries, and a long period
Peter was born in 2009. | |
This mammoth lived in the Ice Age. | |
I hope I'll buy this house in the future. |
Remarks :
You'll say : Don't use the prepositions before : - I saw him last week. - I'll see him next week. - I'll see him this morning. - I see him everyday. |
EXERCISE
Make the right choice :
at - in - on ou Ø (if you don't need any preposition).
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