CCSP English Minute 10

CCSP English Minute

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Aula desta quinta-feira, 10 de abril

PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

ESTA SEMANA O CLUBEONELINE DESTACA PALAVRAS PEQUENAS QUE TÊM UM PAPEL IMPORTANTE NA COMUNICAÇÃO: AS PREPOSIÇÕES. JÁ FALAMOS SOBRE AS “PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE” E AS “PREPOSITIONS OF MOVEMENT” E HOJE FINALIZAMOS COM AS “PREPOSITIONS OF TIME”.

Prepositions of time are like other prepositions we have already looked at this week. In fact, often they are the same word. However, while prepositions of place and movement answer the question “where?”, prepositions of time answer the question “when?” or “for how long?”

Read the definition of each preposition below and study the example sentences. Also, refer to the illustration to better understand how the propositions of time are used.

AT – expresses the time of day. For example: Leslie fell asleep AT 4 o’clock. Also: AT sunrise, AT 3:25 p.m., AT noon, etc.

ON – is used for days and dates. For example: Stan rakes his yard ON Saturdays. Also: ON November 3, ON Christmas Day, ON your birthday, etc.

IN – conveys longer periods. For example: Mankind was more primitive IN the past. Also: IN the 1970s, IN November, IN 1998, IN the fall, etc.

NOTE: Some prepositional phrases don’t follow these guidelines. Be careful with expressions like AT night, AT Christmas, AT the moment, etc. Also, the preposition IN can express a time in the future (her boss will arrive IN thirty minutes) and how long it takes to do something (Stan can eat a hot dog IN ten seconds).

FOR – answers the question “how long?” by showing duration. For example: The caveman was frozen FOR thousands of years.

SINCE – answers the question “how long?” by specifying a starting point. For example: Stan has been raking the yard SINCE 2 o’clock.

DURING – says when something happens. For example: The caveman lived DURING the Ice Age.

FROM ... TO – indicates when something starts and ends. For example: Leslie slept FROM 4 TO 5 o’clock.

BEFORE and AFTER – refer to something happening earlier or later than a specified time. For example: Stan started raking the yard AFTER lunch.

UNTIL – tells us how long something will continue. For example: Stan plans to keep raking UNTIL sunset.

BY – means “not later than”. For example: Leslie must finish her work BY 6 o’clock.

BETWEEN – means “from the beginning to the end”. For example: The Ice Age was BETWEEN 1.6 million and 10,000 years ago.

BEYOND – means “a point in time after a date”. For example: Today people live BEYOND the age of 100.

OVER – means “throughout the duration of”. For example: Has your English improved OVER the months?

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