Let's review before we try an exercise.
The tricky thing is that there can be overlap.
"During," though, can refer to an entire period.
"During" actually has two uses.
It can refer to an entire period
or at some time within a period.
For example:
Now, if "during" refers to an entire period,
we have to recall one more preposition
with a similar use: "throughout."
An example:
"Throughout" really emphasizes the entire period
from beginning to end.
We've been talking about periods of time.
So which preposition could we use with weekend?
In American English there are two common choices.
We often talk about what we do
or things that happen
ON the weekend or OVER the weekend.
We say:
"On" simply answers the question WHEN?
One might also say:
"Over" also answers the question WHEN?
But this emphasizes that you need the whole period to do something.
You won't finish before the end of that period.
Be sure not to confuse two different ways
we use the preposition "over."
Another preposition with more than one use is "in."
The focus so far has been on periods of time.
We can say:
I told you that we use "in" with longer periods of time.
"In the month of February" is closest in meaning to...
What if I say:
Does "in" have the meaning of "during"?
No.
And the period of time here is much shorter.
10 minutes.
I can use "in" with any amount of time.
- A short period of a long period.
"In" can have the meaning of "after."
I know the different uses and the overlap
can be confusing.
My advice to help you remember
is to study the patterns I've shown you -
like IN the morning, IN the afternoon, IN the evening.
And study key examples,
like "I'll be home in 10 minutes."
Let's try an exercise to review
the six prepositions of time that we've looked at.
The story in the exercise is one that I made up
because it's fun to imagine things sometimes, isn't it?
Now it's your turn.
That's all for now.
Thanks for watching. Happy studies!