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PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

Fill in the correct prepositions:

AT – IN – ON – FOR -  SINCE – TO – PAST – UNTIL – BEFORE – BY – FROM – AFTER

1. Peter is playing tennis _______ Sunday.
2. My brother’s birthday is _______ the 5th of November.
3. My birthday is _______ May.
4. We are going to see my parents _______ the weekend.
5. _______ 1666, a great fire broke out in London.
6. I don’t like walking alone in the streets _______ night.
7. What are you doing _______ the afternoon?
8. My friend has been living in Canada _______ two years.
9. I have been waiting for you _______ seven o’clock.
10. I will have finished this essay _______ Friday.
11. What are you doing _______ the weekend?
12. I don’t know yet. Maybe I’ll go to the cinema _______ Saturday.
13. That’s interesting. I haven’t been to the cinema _______ so many years.
14. We could go there together _______ the afternoon.
15. That would be great. But I would prefer to go there _______ the evening. I am visiting my grandma _______ Saturday.
16. That’s okay. The film starts _______ eight o’clock.
17. I can pick you up ­­­­_______ half _______ seven. How long does the film last?
18. It lasts _______ two hours and forty-five minutes.
19. _______ eight _______ a quarter _______ eleven.
20. That’s right. But I must hurry home _______ the film. I have to be home _______ eleven o’clock.