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Summary of prepositions indicating time

He must start at ten (noon/night/midnight) after ten oclock. about ten oclock. by ten oclock. in a few minitues (an hour,etc) in the morning (afternoon,the evening) in the middle of the week (the month,etc) in April (the summer,1999,time,etc) at the beginning of the week (month,etc) on Sunday (time,April 23rd,etc)

He’ll stay here  from May to/until October. during the day/the night,week,etc)                                for two days(a month,a long time, etc)                                 till/until Sunday(2000,April,etc)

He has been here since Monday/June,1990,etc. since he was born.

Exercise 1. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions which express time.

1 He cant work ………………eleven oclock……………..night. 2 He works………………eight oclock…………..five. 3 I havent heard of him……………..he went. 4 It rains a lot……………the month of April here. 5 Chemists stay open …………………..eight oclock …………………….summer. 6 He has been staying with us……………….a year. 7 She has studied in America……………1996. 8 The train came ………………….time. 9 At a state theatre they dont allow anybody to enter………………the curtain goes up. 10 He will be here ……………….the tenth of April. 11 The Ottomans captured Istanbul ……………1453. 12 Civil servants get heir salaries …………………..the beginning of every month. 13 We must finish the work………………..noon. 14 It is dark…………………..night. 15 We will take an exam …………………..Monday. 16 I woke up ………………the middle of the night and then I couldnt sleep. 17 He kept me busy for…………….an hour this morning. 18 Taxes must be paid …………………………time. 19 Some students take notes ……………………….the lesson. 20 Students stand up ………………………the beginnig of the lesson to greet their teacher.

Execise 2. Make questions, using the words in brackets.

1 We left the museum at 11:45 to go to the restaurant to have lunch. (why) 2 Farmers start to plant tobacco in May. (what) 3 Tom has worked fort his company for several years. (who) 4 General elections will be held on the first Sunday of April. (what) 5 They will have moved into their new house by the end of the month. (which) 6 Mary woke up about 6 a.m (who) 7 Linda will start doing her homework after dinner. (what) 8 We were free to eat chocolate and drink water during the exam. (what) 9 They lived in their home village until he was 17. (where) 10 The Winters have lived in their present house since they moved to this town. (how long)

Exercise 3. Arrange the words to make meaningful sentences.

1 dawn/and/she/at/up/feeds/always/cows/her/gets. 2 straightaway/they/the/meeting/after/home/went. 3 from/Mary/ago/about/graduated/months/university/six. 4 ready/the time/arrived/was/by/father/dinner/my. 5 the/I/school/morning/in/ago/attended/years/ago. 6 greets/lesson/always/teacher/at/our/us/the/of/the/beginning. 7 happende/the/on/earthquake/Friday/a/as far as I remember. 8 was/1996/elder/from/sister/my/1991/to/until/university/going. 9 the/during/attentively/students/the/watched/the/experiment/teacher. 10 1990/changed/my/has/in/İzmir/lot/since/visit/first/a.