How to Talk About Time in English - Time Prepositions and Phrases

In this lesson, you can learn how to talk about time in English.
You’ll learn how to use prepositions, conjunctions and other useful words and phrases to talk about time. Don't forget to let us know if there are any other time prepositions or time phrases you'd like to learn about!
The things you’ll learn in this lesson will help you in many situations: telling stories, saying when things happen, talking about the future, describing how long something lasted, and many more.
Being able to talk about time in English is very important, for many situations! Get practice with a teacher now to make sure you know all of the English time phrases: bit.ly/ooe-teac....
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Contents:
1. At, On, In 0:57
2. Changes and Deadlines 4:57
3. At the Same Time 9:58
4. Periods and Duration 15:12
This lesson will help you:
Learn the correct time prepositions 'at', 'on', and 'in' when discussing time, days, dates and more .
See how to discuss changes and deadlines when you talk about time in English.
Understand useful phrases to discuss things that happen at the same time.
Use time prepositions and phrases to express how long something is, or the duration, when you talk about time in English.
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