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Prepositions with time – Learn English prepositions


00:00:03Hey so prepositions yeah they’re not

00:00:07easy and I understand why because we

00:00:11have so many of them most of the time

00:00:14you can’t find any logic in why we use

00:00:17this one instead of that why we use in

00:00:20on that over-under many different

00:00:23meanings metaphorical meanings literal

00:00:26meanings directional meanings to all of

00:00:29the prepositions

00:00:31so today’s preposition lesson is about

00:00:34prepositions of time now prepositions

00:00:36with time is a lot easier because you

00:00:39can find more logic with that than other

00:00:42things for example see those possible

00:00:49time expressions where do you think that

00:00:52they match to and I’ll give you a few

00:00:55months

00:00:57you

00:01:22okay let’s get rid of that now let’s see

00:01:27let’s see what you thought so let’s

00:01:30start nice and easy within and you can

00:01:32see we use with long periods of time so

00:01:36for example years seasons months we’ve

00:01:42got May 2013 and summer in May in Sun in

00:01:482013

00:01:49we also have these ones in the morning

00:01:54in the afternoon in the evening those

00:01:58are just because yes no real logic so

00:02:03long story short in for a long period of

00:02:07time next one on on you can see we use

00:02:12with specific days for example 23rd of

00:02:16May a specific day on the 23rd of May

00:02:20the same as on my birthday my birthday

00:02:25again

00:02:25just one day on as well as Christmas Day

00:02:31in any other one day we use on

00:02:37so let’s have a look at one more at

00:02:41we’ve at we use with specific times for

00:02:45example 8 o’clock but also we use it

00:02:50with Christmas Easter Thanksgiving all

00:02:55holidays we would use with at so

00:03:00specific times exact times and holidays

00:03:05so let’s have a bit of a test with that

00:03:22you

00:03:27you

00:03:43you

00:03:50if you don’t keep so V answers let’s see

00:03:54what you had the first one I’m going to

00:03:56Disney World

00:03:57something June now did you think that

00:04:01something was in I hope so because River

00:04:07June is a month long period of time with

00:04:10months long periods of time in now I

00:04:13know what you’re thinking what’s the

00:04:16next one let’s compare

00:04:17let’s meet something third of January

00:04:22this one it’s on now some of you may be

00:04:28thinking well that’s June that’s a long

00:04:30period of time you’ve got January here

00:04:32that’s also a long period of time so why

00:04:35isn’t that one in simple answer it’s not

00:04:40talking about a long period of time this

00:04:43one we’re talking about one day so if

00:04:46it’s only one day it’s one days on

00:04:50that’s why so in June on the 3rd of

00:04:55January which is also my birthday if you

00:04:59want to send me be birthday greetings

00:05:02I’m too drunk to talk I’ll call you

00:05:05something in the morning now remembering

00:05:08this one that this one is opens because

00:05:10yes answer with the morning that’s right

00:05:15in I’ll call you in the morning

00:05:18next one I went to bed something 3 a.m.

00:05:21last night let us an exact time so we

00:05:26must use at good remember we need to use

00:05:31at for exact times and I want to be in

00:05:35New York New Year’s Eve New Year’s Eve

00:05:38now this is a tricky one because it’s a

00:05:41holiday

00:05:42New Year’s so it could be at New Year’s

00:05:45but I mean is Eve that’s one day

00:05:51on I want to be in New York on New

00:05:54Year’s Eve next one I have to wake up

00:05:58something seven hours something 6:00

00:06:01a.m. so and this one we mean seven hours

00:06:07or future their clue is in the name in

00:06:12the future I have to wake up in seven

00:06:17hours so when we want to say a period of

00:06:20time from now to the future we use in in

00:06:25seven hours in two days in two weeks in

00:06:28two months into years doesn’t matter

00:06:30from now future in the next one you

00:06:36should know it is it an exact time 6:00

00:06:38a.m. it’s that

00:06:45that’s what

00:06:47so I hope this first lesson of

00:06:50prepositions for prepositions with time

00:06:52has helped you understand a little bit

00:06:55more we will do a series of preposition

00:06:59lessons to help you understand all the

00:07:01prepositions in all their meanings

00:07:04they have metaphorical meanings literal

00:07:07meanings directional meanings and stay

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00:07:18I’ll see you next time bye

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