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It was one day IN 2018 – it’s really not important when.Ĭenturies: 100 years – we’re living IN the 21st century. Then it’s the same if we’re talking about the past: I either don’t know, or it’s not important. It could be July 1st, it could be 15th July, it could be the end of July. If we’re in the middle of some period of time we say in:Ī day in July, but not a specific day. I’m living in England.” You’re in a place. When we’re talking about prepositions of place we say, “I’m in a field. Sometimes it’s the little words that are the most confusing, so let’s take a few minutes to go through it. After watching this video you will never get IN, AT, ON confused again. If you are talking about a specific point in time – use AT. If you are talking about a day – not part of a day – use ON.
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“Hey, Mark, do you want to meet up THIS Thursday or NEXT Thursday?” “I’m looking forward to living in Madrid DURING the summer.” (I+LIVE+DURING+the summer (noun) I’ll listen to music WHILE I’m scrubbing the floor.” “WHILE you’re staying in my flat can you please keep it clean?” (WHILE+YOU+verb STAY & YOU+verb CLEAN) They are used to talk about 2 things happening at the same time. Same meaning for these two words, but we use Sometimes the explanation is more difficult than the original words! Explain…īEFORE = (preposition) prior to the start of a thingĪFTER = (preposition) upon the conclusion of a … thing. No, come on, Mark, you’re a professional. SINCE I’ve been living in Salford it feels like it’s been raining every day!” SINCE = from a time/date in the past until now. “Absolutely not, Mark! You can stay FOR a week at the most!” “So it’s okay for me to stay at your flat from June to August then? FOR 43 days?” TILL = less formal but with the same meaning.įOR = a period of time.
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“Really? You want me to wait? To pause the game TILL you arrive?” “Don’t start watching the football UNTIL I get there. UNTIL = a stop/end date/time – a preposition “Yeah? Is that a problem? I thought you were out of the country UNTIL the beginning of August? Your flat will be empty!” “Wait a minute, Mark! You want to come and stay in my house in Madrid FROM the 23rd of June TO the 8th of August? Are you kidding me?” Or in the future, if we a talking about a plan: “I hate my job! The hours are terrible! I have to work FROM 8 at night TO 7 in the morning. It can be used in the present simple if we’re talking about a routine: “How long did you live with your grandma?” It doesn’t have to be in the past but often we’re answering questions about our lives. With a start time or date and a finish time/date. We’re talking about a fixed period of time here. Today we’re going to look at more of these ANNOYING little words that you might know but sometimes get confused or mixed up. When to use THIS, LAST, NEXT, and EVERY.TIME EXPRESSIONS: FROM … TO, SINCE, FOR, UNTIL, BEFORE, AFTER, WHILE, DURING. Extra teacher talk from the video not included! Here is another video for your lockdown learning.īelow the exercises is the Google Doc transcript from today’s 5-minute grammar lesson.