Prepositions of time



Prepositions of time:

In /  at/   on/ from........to

  I.   “on”: is used with:

a.   Days of the week: on Friday/ on Monday/ on Saturday……
b.   Date : on 15 th April/ on 23 rd December/ on the 15 th of April…
c.   A special part of a day : on Friday evening/ on Monday morning…

    II.  “ at”: is used with:
a.   Part of the day: at night/ at noon…
b.   Time of day: at 7:00/ at 9:00/ at midday/ at midnight/ at sunset/ at sunrise…….
c.   Celebrations: at Christmas/ at Ester……
d.   Fixed phrases : at the same time/ at present/ at the moment…………

  III.     “in” is used with: 

a.   Months: in July/ in May/ in December…
b.   Year: in 2012/  in 1999/ in 1985/ in 1970 s
c.   Seasons: in summer/ in spring/ in autumn/ in winter…
d.   Part of the day: in the morning/ in the evening/ in the afternoon……………….
e.   Duration: in weeks time/ in a minute/ in two weeks……………………………………

    IV.  “from…….to……” :

  'From......TOis used with limited periods of time:
  From seven o’clock to nine o’clock
  from Monday to Saturday 

English Reflexive pronouns


Reflexive pronouns:



Personal pronouns

Reflexive pronouns

I
You
He
She
it
Myself
Yourself
Himself
Herself
itself


---self


Singular ending
We
You
they
Our selves
Yourselves
themselves

---selves

Plural ending

 Examples:

-  I look at myself in the mirror
-  She cut herself by the knife
-  They speak to themselves
-  Look at yourself 

English pronouns



Pronouns:

Subject pronouns
I / you/ he/ she/ it/ we/ you/ they
Object pronouns
Me/ you/ him/ her/ it/ us / you/ them
Possessive adjectives
My/ your/ his/ her/ its/ our/ your/ their
Possessive pronouns
Mine/ yours/ his/ hers/ ours/ yours/ theirs

a)   Subject pronouns :   S + verb :   I go/ you eat/ she writes………………
  b)   Possessive adjectives: + noun :   my book/ her dog/ our class/…………
  c)   Object pronouns: can be a direct object of a verb:  
- I see Fatima  
- I see her
- she wants an apple 
-  she wants it
-Tom likes dogs 
Tom likes them .
d)   Possessive pronouns: usually come after or before verb to be:
-  This is our room   =   this room is ours
-  This is their car     =    this car is theirs
-  That car is theirs and this one is ours
-  Your  pen is green, but mine is blue
-  Her car is new, but   ours is old