Time prepositions

Time prepositions
On
Use on with days.

• I met him on Friday.
• My birthday is on May 18^th.
• We are having a small party on Christmas day.

Use at with clock times and other expressions of time such as noon, night and midnight.

• The train departs at 6.30.
• We usually have dinner at 9 o’clock.
• I will meet you at noon.
• Phone me at lunch time.

Use in with other parts of the day and with months, years and seasons.

• We usually go out in the evening.
• I saw him in the morning.
• I was born in May.
• Trees shed their leaves in autumn.
• Days are short and dark in winter.
• I take a nap in the afternoon.
• They got married in 1996.
• This house was built in 1972.

Other prepositions indicating time
In English, we use several prepositions to show time. The most common among them are: since, for, by, during and within. The sequences from-to and from-until are also used to talk about time.

• We have lived in this city since 2007. (We arrived in this city in 2007 and have lived here ever since.)
• She has been gone since Tuesday. (She went on Tuesday and has not returned yet.)
• I am going to Vienna for two weeks. (I will spend two weeks there.)
• I work from nine to six.
• I will be here from three o’clock onwards.
• The program lasted from 3 to 6. (Beginning at 3 and ending at 6)
• It rained during the night. (For a certain period of time in the night)
• We must finish the work within a year. (= No longer than a year)

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