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At – is used for exact points of time.
You should lock all your doors at night.
We usually go to church at Easter.
I’m busy at this moment.
Stop that at once. (A. Sillitoe’s “Key to the door”)
During - throughout a stated period of time; from the beginning to the end.
We’re open from 10 o’clock until 6 o’clock during the week.
I’ve sent him two letters during the course of the year.
Only two trains left during the morning.
I’ve been unable to contact him during the last week. (A. Sillitoe’s “Key to the door”)
On – is used with times which are somewhere between a point so a long periods, usually days:
The meeting took place on Sunday.
My brother’s birthday is on 21^st June.
On the following day he went in his way. (A. Sillitoe’s “Key to the door”)
In – if you want to mention the period of time in which something happens you use in with centuries, years, seasons, months; periods of day, evening, morning, afternoon.
He wrote the play in 3 weeks.
I’ll come in a day or two.
Jack will be here in a week.
I haven’t been skiing in years.
I get strange feelings in the autumn.
I’ll ring agent in the morning. (A. Sillitoe’s “Key to the door”)
After – means later than, following, after is the opposite of before.
What are we going to do after breakfast?
After doing her homework she watched TV. (A. Sillitoe’s “Key to the door”)
For- as a preposition of time for answers the questions “how long”
I was interviewed for twenty minutes.
Daddy has invited her for a few days.
I haven’t seen him for ages. (A. Sillitoe’s “Key to the door”)


CHAPTER III Problems of implementing the material of the paper to the process of teaching English prepositions