====== Avec convertisseur ====== regle 656 **** **** **** |**** ** **[[http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/3566_1862c6ea55b1fcbf6bce9db71c37d3da.jpg|{{http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/3566_1862c6ea55b1fcbf6bce9db71c37d3da.jpg?269x175|birthday anniversaire cake gateau}}]] | ** ** ** ** ** ** **Hans was born on 25/11/80 at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.** ** ** | | ** ** | **Meaning** | **Examples** | | ** ** **By** | ** ** **The end of a period of time.** | ** ** **I need to finish this report by Friday. [on or before Friday but no later]** **By** **the time I get home, I'll be really hungry.** **He'll be a qualified doctor by next summer. ** ** ** | | ** ** **Until** ** ** **Till [an informal alternative]** | ** ** **Up to a point in time.** ** ** **Note that** **'until' is more common than 'till' at the beginning of a sentence.** | ** ** **We have until tomorrow to find a replacement.** **We sat in the garden until it started to rain.** **Until** **recently, Louise worked in London.** ** ** **I'm going to work till 6 today.** **I can't wait till lunchtime - I've got to eat something now.** ** ** | | ** ** **From...until/till/to** | ** ** **Between two points in time.** | ** ** **I'll be out of the office from 2 till 4.** **From** **January to March the sales figures were excellent.** **It rained from Saturday morning until Sunday night.** ** ** | | ** ** **Between...(and)** | ** ** **Between two points in time.** | ** ** **Some people say we shouldn't eat between meals.** **I'll be out of the office between 2 and 4.** ** ** | | ** ** **Within** | ** ** **Happening inside a period of time and no later.** | ** ** **We need to eat this yoghurt within two days of opening it.** ** ** **She expects to be promoted within the next year.** ** ** **The parcel will arrive within a week.**   | | ** ** **Throughout** | ** ** **During an entire period of time.** | ** ** **People arrived throughout the day.** **We're going to recruit new staff throughout the year.** **Everyone listened attentively throughout her presentation.** **\\ ** | | ** ** **During** | ** ** **1. Throughout a period of time.** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **2. A more specific period.** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **3. An unspecified point within a period.** ** ** ** ** | ** ** **This café is open during the day but not at night.** ** ** **I learned a lot about computers during my time with that company.** ** ** \\ **During** **the company's __first two__ years, it was very successful. ** **\\ ** **During two years, the company was very successful. ****   [use 'for']** \\ **She was born during the Second World War. ** **I sometimes wake up during the night. ** **He called me during the meeting.**   | **\\ ****See also Adverbs of time.** **** - **We don't use the prepositions 'in', 'on' or 'at' for days, months etc. [see tables above] directly before the following words:****\\ \\ ** **every** **last** **next** **today** **yesterday** **tomorrow** ** ** **We visit my parents every weekend.** 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check mark, tick mark}} **We visit my parents __at__ every weekend.** **We saw them last Saturday.** 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check mark, tick mark}}** ** **We saw them __on__ last Saturday.** **\\ ****We're going skiing with them next February.** 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check mark, tick mark}} **We're going skiing with them __in__ next February. ** **Did you see him yesterday morning or are you meeting him today?** 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check mark, tick mark}} **Did you see him in the morning yesterday or in the afternoon?** 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check mark, tick mark}} **Did you see him __in__ yesterday morning?** **** **\\ ****Are you free tomorrow evening?** 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check mark, tick mark}} \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ **2. ** **We do not use a preposition with 'this' when it refers to the present time:** ** ** **I had to work late last night so I slept a little longer this morning. [today]** **I'm so busy this week. [the current week]** **It's my 50th birthday this September. [September of the current year]** ** ** **However, when you use 'this' or 'that' in order to be very specific, we can add a preposition, although it is not necessary. For example: ** ** ** **I told her I couldn't attend the training (on) //that// morning/afternoon/day. [the morning, afternoon or day previously mentioned]** ** ** **(In) //that// month, we're going to Paris and (in) //this// month we're travelling to the south. [we already know which months we're talking about or we're looking at a calendar]** ** ** **See also Adverbs of time and Prepositions after expressions.**     \\ | ** ** | **Meaning** | **Examples** | | ** ** **By** | ** ** **The end of a period of time.** | ** ** **I need to finish this report by Friday. [on or before Friday but no later]** **By** **the time I get home, I'll be really hungry.** **He'll be a qualified doctor by next summer. ** ** ** | | ** ** **Until** ** ** **Till [an informal alternative]** | ** ** **Up to a point in time.** ** ** **Note that** **'until' is more common than 'till' at the beginning of a sentence.** | ** ** **We have until tomorrow to find a replacement.** **We sat in the garden until it started to rain.** **Until** **recently, Louise worked in London.** ** ** **I'm going to work till 6 today.** **I can't wait till lunchtime - I've got to eat something now.** ** ** | | ** ** **From...until/till/to** | ** ** **Between two points in time.** | ** ** **I'll be out of the office from 2 till 4.** **From** **January to March the sales figures were excellent.** **It rained from Saturday morning until Sunday night.** ** ** | | ** ** **Between...(and)** | ** ** **Between two points in time.** | ** ** **Some people say we shouldn't eat between meals.** **I'll be out of the office between 2 and 4.** ** ** | | ** ** **Within** | ** ** **Happening inside a period of time and no later.** | ** ** **We need to eat this yoghurt within two days of opening it.** ** ** **She expects to be promoted within the next year.** ** ** **The parcel will arrive within a week.**   | | ** ** **Throughout** | ** ** **During an entire period of time.** | ** ** **People arrived throughout the day.** **We're going to recruit new staff throughout the year.** **Everyone listened attentively throughout her presentation.** | | ** ** **During** | ** ** **1. Throughout a period of time.** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **2. A more specific period.** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **3. An unspecified point within a period.** ** ** ** ** | ** ** **This café is open during the day but not at night.** ** ** **I learned a lot about computers during my time with that company.** ** **   **During** **the company's __first two__ years, it was very successful. **   **During For two years, the company was very successful.  **** **   **She was born during the Second World War. ** **I sometimes wake up during the night. ** **He called me during the meeting.**   | \\