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    Time Expressions: (Aráund) (Bifór) (Áfter)

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    This document provides a list of English time prepositions like "about", "around", "before", "after", "during", "over", and "for" along with their translations and examples. It explains the uses of specific prepositions like "about", "before", "after", and "until" with examples. Additionally, it outlines the uses of "at" for precise times, "in" for months/years/periods, and "on" for days/dates with examples. The document aims to clarify the proper uses of various English time prepositions.

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    This document provides a list of English time prepositions like "about", "around", "before", "after", "during", "over", and "for" along with their translations and examples. It explains the uses of specific prepositions like "about", "before", "after", and "until" with examples. Additionally, it outlines the uses of "at" for precise times, "in" for months/years/periods, and "on" for days/dates with examples. The document aims to clarify the proper uses of various English time prepositions.

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    TIME EXPRESSIONS

    Lista de preposiciones de tiempo en inglés con sus traducciones, pronunciación y


    ejemplos de uso. About, around, before, after, during, over, for, throughout, ...

    around (aráund) - aproximadamente, alrededor de


    before (bifór) - antes de
    after (áfter) - después de
    until hasta

    about (abáut) - / around (aráund) - aproximadamente a, alrededor de

     The doctor will be here about three o'clock.


    El doctor estará aquí aproximadamente a las tres.
     They promised to be here about Friday.
    Prometieron estar aquí alrededor del viernes.
     Mary should arrive around four o'clock.
    Mary debería llegar alrededor de las cuatro.

    before (bifór) - antes de

     Mary left before dinner.


    Mary se marchó antes de la cena.
     They will be here before the weekend.
    Ellos estarán aquí antes del fin de semana.
     The engineers will complete the project before March.
    Los ingenieros completarán proyecto antes de marzo.

    after (áfter) - después de

     Susan went to bed after dinner.


    Susan se fue a la cama después de la cena.
     It is five minutes after three o'clock.
    Son cinco minutos después de las tres.
     The explorer was tired after such a long journey.
    El explorador estaba cansado después de semejante largo viaje.

    until (antíl) - hasta

     The letter will not be sent until Friday.


    La carta no será enviada hasta el viernes.
     Why don't you stay until tomorrow?
    ¿Porqué no te quedas hasta mañana?
     Can you work today till nine?
    ¿Puedes trabajar hoy hasta las nueve?

    We use:

     at for a PRECISE TIME


     in for MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS
     on for DAYS and DATES

    at in
    PRECISE MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG on
    TIME PERIODS DAYS and DATES

    at 3 o'clock in May on Sunday

    at 10.30am in summer on Tuesdays

    at noon in the summer on 6 March

    at dinnertime in 1990 on 25 Dec. 2010

    at bedtime in the 1990s on Christmas Day

    at sunrise in the next century on Independence


    Day

    at sunset in the Ice Age on my birthday

    at the moment in the past/future on New Year's Eve

    Look at these examples:

     I have a meeting at 9am.


     The shop closes at midnight.
     Jane went home at lunchtime.
     In England, it often snows in December.
     Do you think we will go to Jupiter in the future?
     There should be a lot of progress in the next century.
     Do you work on Mondays?
     Her birthday is on 20 November.
     Where will you be on New Year's Day?

    Exercise:
    http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/structures/prepositions_at_in_on_time.htm

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