Preposition + Days and Dates

Preposition + Days and Dates

Normally ‘on’ is used with days and dates.

e.g .-I was born on 5th July.

-Let’s go to the beach on Sunday.

-I am off to Bangkok on Monday.     

e.g       - We go to the beach onevery Monday.

            - We visited Japan in last year.

            - I didn’t go anywhere in this morning.

            - I have to do something in this afternoon.

            - He gave us a big party on yesterday.

            - Will you attend the class on today?

            - We are leaving on tomorrow.

            - I was very sick on the day before yesterday.

            - I am attending a seminar in Yangon in next week.

            -See you on the day after tomorrow.

forward in the future

forward in the future

Past	Future
The day before yesterday	The day after tomorrow
The week before last week	The week after next week
The month before last month	The month after next month
The year before last year	The year after next year
Two weeks ago	In two weeks time
Ten years ago	In ten years time

UNIT I (page 5)

UNIT I

Can, Could, Shall, Should, Will, Would, May, Might

Must (have to), Ought to, Need, Dare, Used to

Positive	Negative
Can	Can’t / Cannot
Could	Couldn’t / Could not
Shall	Shan’t / Shall not
Should	Shouldn’t / Should not
Will	Won’t / Will not
Would	Wouldn’t / Would not
May	Mayn’t(Rare) / May not
Might	Mightn’t(Rare) / Might not
Must	Mustn’t / Must not
Ought to	Oughtn’t to / Ought not to
Need	Needn’t / Need not
Dare	Daren’t / Dare not
Used to	Usedn’t to/ Used not to

2.When referring to days, weeks, etc. in the past, present and the following expressions are used to speak from a point of view in the present;

Time	Past	Present	Future
Morning	Yesterday morning	This morning	Tomorrow morning
Afternoon	Yesterday afternoon	This afternoon	Tomorrow afternoon
Night	Yesterday night	Tonight	Tomorrow night
Day	Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
Week	Last week	This week	Next week
Month	Last month	This month	Next month
Year	Last year	This year	Next year