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