7 Prepositions of TIME

How to say OD- DO (desde-hasta) in English


If you know the start AND the end, you can say:


FROM June TO September, I will be in Brno.

FROM when I arrived TO when I left, it rained.


If you only know the start, say:


I will be there FROM/STARTING AT 4 o ‘clock (future)

                    FROM/STARTING December 15^th.

I will be on holiday FROM July. (or from July on.)

I will be making a trailer for the Orli theatre starting in January.

I will be reading a book by Stan the man starting this evening.

Starting January 1^st, I will…… (New Year’s Resolution)


He has been here SINCE 4 o ‘clock. (past)

I have been playing the violin since I was 6.


If you only know the end, say:


He will be there UNTIL/(TIL) midnight.

She can talk until the cows come home.


Problems with deadlines (lhůty/plazos):


Ukončí zpravu                DO tydne.

He will finish the report WITHIN a week.

Dasha will finish reading the book within 2 months.

The doctor gave him medicine, and he felt better within a few days.


He has to find a flat BY the end of the month.

Musí si najit byt       DO konce měsice.


WITHIN a period of time

BY a precise time/date


By mid-May


1 Thesis

2 Theses


We have to finish within a week.


We have to finish by the 12th of December.








I have been in Brno SINCE 2007.

We have been in this classroom since 8:30 (or maybe 8:45 for Agata).

I have to finish my homework by Monday night.



The engineer’s wife told him:

Go to the supermarket, and buy twelve rolls. If they have eggs, buy 6.


The engineer goes to the supermarket and buys 6 rolls.


To make a book

To bind a book

To write a book

To read a book

To print a book

To edit a book

To proof a book  (proofreading)

To publish a book


From Jan to Dec, I will publish 12 books.


I will be writing the letter until the ink runs out.