USE OF PREPOSITIONS

Preposition	Usage	Example
on	on + hari	on Monday
	on + certain time in a day	on Friday morning, On Sunday afternoon
	on+ date	on March 7, 2009; on January 19
	on + feast (followed days)	on Christmas Day; on Easter Sunday
	on + ..... Eve	on New Year's Eve
in	in + month	in May, in August
	in + season	in summer, in winter
	in + year	in 2000, in 1986
	in + the period of time in a day	in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening
	in + century	in the nineteenth century, in the 21st century
	in + period of time	in an hour, in two months
at	at + certain time	at night, at noon, at dawn
	at + weekend	at the weekend
	at + time	at 5 p.m. ; at half past six
	at + feast / festival	at Christmas, at New Year, at Easter
since	since + a certain time in the past	- since 1980 - since yesterday evening - since the war ended - I have been living in Jakarta since January 2005
for	for + Period of time (tenses can be in the form of past, present or future)	- for 3 hours - I studied English for an hour last night - My Cousin will be visiting Jakarta for 2 weeks next June
during	during + noun / phrases (tenses can be in the form of past, present or future. During could be interpreted as an over / all the time)	- Mom received many messages during the last week. - I will return home during school break
while	while + S + V	We will take Ann to the zoo while we are in town
	while + V-ing	While swimming in the sea, Lucy was attacked by a shark
	(tenses can be in the form of past, present or future. While can be defined as when)
before	before + noun	before Monday, before noon
	before + S + V	Before you say anything, I will explain why I am here.
	before + V-ing	Before judging me, you should first find out the truth.
	(Tenses in the form of past, present or future. Before followed by a certain time before the time at present)
after	after + noun	after 7 a.m.; after the meal.
	after + S + V	Mike was happy after he won the tennis match.
	after + V-ing	After taking a bath, she gets dressed and has breakfast.
	(Tenses can be in the form of past, present or future. After followed by time after time in the present)
by	by + kata benda yang berhubungan dengan waktu/tanggal	Please pay me by Friday morning
	(By used to express up to a certain time)	I will be back by 6 o’clock By Sunday, I will have finished the first 3 chapters.
to	to +date	It's five to six (sama dengan jam 5.55)
past	past + date	It's twenty past four (berarti jam 4.20)
till / until	till / until + noun associated with the time	He will be staying here until the end of next week
	(till / until is used to express how long something will take place)	Mr. John lived in that house until 2007
from - to	from + beginning of time + to + end of time	We watched TV from 5 to 8 o’clock last night