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Prepositions of time - English lesson
Prepositions of time
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Nine o'clock Ten o'clock Ten minutes Half an hour | Monday, June 10th June 10th, 2008 1978 July10th | Monday Friday Tuesday Saturday | Morning Afternoon Night Midnight |
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Spring Winter Summer Autumn | Earthquake First World War Economic crisis
| Birthday Christmas New Year Halloween |
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A date |  |
A day | | Classes will begin on Monday.
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A period of time |  | Peter usually wakes up early in the morning.
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 | I will call you back in ten minutes from now.
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| May be he is busy now, but he will call him back after 10 minutes. |
A year |  | The American continent was discovered in 1492.
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Time |  | I should be there by nine o'clock.
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| This boy should be there before 9 o'clock. |
A season |  | I will visit you by the end of the summer.
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Time |  | I must be there before nine o'clock.
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| He must not be there after 9.00 |
A date |  | Peter will be here before the tenth of July.
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| We are not sure about the exact date but, he will be there only before, not after... |
A period of time |  | If you take this bus you will arrive before midnight
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| There are many buses, but if he takes another bus he will probably arrive after midnight. |
Occasion |  | I'll visit my grandmother before her birthday.
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Time |  | The director always comes after nine o'clock.
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| Here, it's impossible to find the director before 9 o'clock.... |
A period of time |  | Elizabeth will join us after lunch
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A date |  | Wendy and her husband will travel to France after May 7th.
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| We are not sure about the exact date but they won't travel before... |
Event |  | My family moved from France to England after The First World War.
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| Before the war they were living in France but after they lived in England. |
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A period of time |  | I have been studying English for five years.
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Event |  | Henry was serving as an ambulance driver during The First World War.
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A season |  | We always go to the beach during summer holidays.
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