Spotlight - 01.2020

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Prepositions and time:

at, in, on

at in on

times,

festivals,

“weekend”

part of day,

longer

period

of time

particular

day,

“weekend”

• 3 o’clock


• Christmas


• the
  weekend
  (UK)


• lunchtime
  
  
  • the
    evening
  
  
  • April
  
  
  • spring
  
  
  • 1976
    
    
    • Tuesday
    
    
    • Christmas
      Day
    
    
    • the week­
      end (N. Am.)
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• I’m going home at the weekend. (UK)


• What are you doing on the weekend?
  (N. Am.)

No prepositions

At, in and on are not usually used before

expressions of time with next, this, that,

last, one, any, each, every, some or all:

• We danced all night.


• Will you be here next week?

Writing the date and saying the date

When you write the date, you write:

10 June or 10th June

But you say: “the tenth of June”

In North America, the month comes

before the year:

• You write: June 10 / June 10th


• You say: “June tenth” / “June the tenth”

Years

With dates that include the year, we usual­

ly split the four­digit number into two

two­digit numbers:

• 1975 = “nineteen seventy­five”


• 2020 = “twenty twenty”

PERIODS OF TIME

century [(sentSEri] , Jahrhundert

day [deI] , Tag

decade [(dekeId] , Jahrzehnt
fortnight [(fO:tnaIt] UK , 14 Tage

hour [(aUE] , Stunde

millennium [mI(leniEm] , Jahrtausend

minute [(mInIt] , Minute

month [mVnT] , Monat

night [naIt] , Nacht

second [(sekEnd] , Sekunde

week [wi:k] , Woche

weekend [wi:k(end] , Wochenende

year [jIE] , Jahr

DAYS OF THE WEEK

Monday [(mVndeI] , Montag

Tuesday [(tju:zdeI] , Dienstag

Wednesday [(wenzdeI] , Mittwoch

Thursday [(T§:zdeI] , Donnerstag

Friday [(fraIdeI] , Freitag

Saturday [(sÄtEdeI] , Samstag

Sunday [(sVndeI] , Sonntag

MONTHS

January [(dZÄnjuEri] , Januar

February [(februEri] , Februar

March [mA:tS] , März

April [(eIprEl] , April

May [meI] , Mai

June [dZu:n] , Juni
July [dZu(laI] , Juli

August [(O:gEst] , August

September [sep(tembE] , September

October [Qk(tEUbE] , Oktober

November [nEU(vembE] , November

December [di(sembE] , Dezember

SEASONS

spring [sprIN] , Frühling

summer [(sVmE] , Sommer

autumn, fall [(O:tEm, fO:l] , Herbst

winter [(wIntE] , Winter

TIME OFF

bank holiday , Feiertag
[)bÄNk (hQlEdeI] UK

day off [deI (Qf] , freier Tag

holiday [(hQlEdeI] UK , Urlaub

public holiday [(hQlEdeI] , Feiertag

vacation [veI(keIS&n] N. Am. , Urlaub

40 YEARS

It’s my parents’ 40th wedding

anniversary tomorrow.

Forty years? That’s amazing!

Are you doing anything special?

Yes, we’re all going to Paris for the

weekend. That’s where they met.

39 DAYS AFTER

When is Ascension Day?

It’s 39 days after Easter Sunday.

And is it a public holiday?

It is in Germany, but not in the UK.

UP EARLY

I’m so tired! I was up at the crack of

dawn this morning.

Why did you get up so early?

The birds woke me up and

I couldn’t get back to sleep.

SLOW DOWN!

Hey, slow down! You’re

going a mile a minute.

Sorry. I always walk this

fast when I’m cold.

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