For during After afterwards In on On In

For, during After, afterwards In, on On, In Words expressing time At, in

For versus During n For is used to say how long smth goes on She is going away for the weekend I haven’t seen you for ages. n During is used to say when smth happens. I’ll see Helen during the weekend The children laughed a lot during the film.

On time or In time n On time = not late, punctual The plane took off on time (according to time table). n Let’s meet at 6, be on time n In time = not too late for smth, soon enough for smth. n The fire brigade arrived in time. n Tom promised to come back in time for dinner n

At the end or in the end n n She will come back home at the end of May. At the end of film main characters got married. n n It was difficult for her to cook, but in the end she managed to make a cake. President didn’t like project at fires, but in the end he signed it.

Sunday morning The morning ON IN The afternoon n n The evening Thursday noon A rainy evening No preposition: This morning, last noon, tomorrow afternoon, yesterday evening

n After is used with nouns or pronouns n After the match the boys were tired. We decided to lie in the sun after a swim in the sea n n Afterwards is used on its own and means after smth you have already mentioned. n We had a swim in the sea and afterwards we decided to lie in the sun