A T ON  BY TILL UNTIL  Exact time, weekend, holidays, age At six o’clock, at midnight, at easter, at seventeen, at present, at the moment, at the same time. FOR FROM SINCE Day, adjective+day, day+part of the day, dates On Sunday, on New Years day, o a cold day, on Friday evening, on August 31 st Part of the day, longer period of time, (month, season, year, century)Note: at noon, at night In the morning, in two days’ time, in a week, in March, in the summer, in 1998, in the 20 th century (= not later than, before a certain time) Tina must be ready by 9:00. By the time, by then, by that time ( a certain time, duration) I’ll be studying till / until 9:00. … to/till/until I worked from 10:00 to 12:00 yesterday. (= from a certain time up to the present) There have been here since Tuesday. (from Tuesday till now) (= a period of time, duration) She has been here for two months. WITHIN AFTER AT THE BEGINNIN G (OF ) DURIN G WHILE AT THE END (OF) Noun Verb During the war we moved to Sweden. Burglars broke in while we were out. Gerund/noun/pronoun {but: afterwards (adverb)=then, after that} He came home after work. They left afterwards. = in less than a certain period of time You must be back within five days. (before the fifth day) There’s usually a table of contents at the beginning of a book. There is usually an index at the end of books. IN THE BEGINNING IN THE END (=at first, originally) You may find it difficult in the beginning. (= at last, finally) At first I didn’t like the idea much but in the end it proved to be excellent. 1. ______ he age of eighty he still went to the country _____ the weekend, catching a train _______ five o ‘clock every Friday, and returning _____ noon on Monday. 2. He worked in the garden _____ dawn ______ dusk without a break. 3. I’ll see you again ______ the beginning of the new session. 4. He hasn’t called his mother _______ ages. 5. I haven’t seen him _______ we were at school together. 6. ______ six months’ time we’ll be going to Canada ______ two months. 7. We hope to visit my mother in Italy ______ a while _______ holidays. 8. We’re all going on holiday ______ the end of July. 9. Please promise to be there ______ five _____ Saturday afternoon. 10. We last saw him _____ 1974 ______ a sunny afternoon______ May. 11. _______ the time you receive this, I’ll have left for Rome. 12. ______ 30 th June, ______ three _____ five ______ the afternoon there will be a slide show, and ______ we’ll all have strawberries and cream in the garden. 13. She didn’t want to come _____ first, but ____ the end she agreed to. 14. Please, let us have your application ______ a week of receipt of this letter. 15. If we don’t hear from you _____ the next two days, we’ll give the job to someone else. • Choose the correct prepositions of time from the list given to fill in blanks bellow: At, on, in, by, till/until, from since, for, during, within, at the end, in the end, after.  Complete the sentences using one of the following: after, afterwards, within, at the beginning, at the end, in he beginning, in the end. 1. They went home ______ the ceremony. 2. All entries must be submitted ________ two weeks. 3. There was a big celebration ________ . 4. There ia a very violent scene _______ of the film but then it improves. 5. I had no idea who had committed the crime until right _______ of the book. 6. _______ the job seemed dull but it did get better. 7. It was a close race but ________ the French team won. 8. She was very tired _________ working all night. 9. It is important that the payment is received ________ six weeks from today. 10. Mary left at ten o’clock and Sue went soon _________ . 11. ________ I found the novel very confusing, but I changed my mind later. 12. The introduction is ________ of the book. 13. The credits usually appear ______ of a film, just as everyone is leaving. 14. It took me a long time to get to work when it snowed, but I arrived ______ . 15. The orchestra received a standing ovation _______ their concert. . adjective+day, day+part of the day, dates On Sunday, on New Years day, o a cold day, on Friday evening, on August 31 st Part of the day, longer period of time, (month,. now) (= a period of time, duration) She has been here for two months. WITHIN AFTER AT THE BEGINNIN G (OF ) DURIN G WHILE AT THE END (OF) Noun Verb During