Prepositions (Time)

Preposition
on

Usage
Days of the week Months / seasons Time of day Year After a certain period of time (when?) for night for weekend a certain point of time (when?)

Example
On Sunday in August / in summer in the evening in 2013 in an hour at night at the weekend at half past nine Since 2001

in

at

since

From a certain point of time (past till now)

for

over a certain period of time (past till now)

for 7 years

ago

a certain time in the past

5 years ago

before

earlier than a certain point of time

before 1998

to

Telling time

ten to ten (9:50)

past

Tilling time

Quarter past eight (8:15)

to/till/until

Marking the beginning and end of a certain period of time

from Monday to/till Friday

till / until

in the sense of how long something is going to last

Mark is on holiday until Friday.

By

in the sense of at the latest up to a certain time

I will be back by 7 oclock. By 10 o'clock, I had read five pages