Na Landigo se dnes zaměříme na předložky času IN, ON a AT:
In, on, at – procvičování:
Další související lekce:
Ben's birthday is on August 10th. How about we throw him a party in the park?
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on August 10th
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on 10th August
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on Friday
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Obecná pravidla pro časové předložky (prepositions of time):
Některá spojení můžeme odvodit podle délky časového období a jiná si musíme pamatovat:
| IN + delší časové úseky |
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| in the past, in the future |
| in the Ice Age, in the Middle Ages |
| in the 21st century |
| in 1930s, in the fifties, in 1965 |
| in winter, in July |
| in the morning/afternoon/evening |
| ON + jednotlivé dny |
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| on Monday, on a weekday |
| on 15th May/on May 15th |
| on your birthday |
| on Christmas Day, on Boxing Day, on New Year's Eve, on Valentine's Day, on St. Patrick's Day |
| on Halloween, on Thanksgiving |
| on Monday morning, on Monday night |
| AT + přesný čas |
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| at 5 am, at three o'clock |
| at noon/at midday = at 12 pm |
| at midnight = at 12 am |
| at present, at the moment |
| at night |
| at the weekend |
| at Christmas, at Easter |
| at lunchtime, at bedtime |
| at sunrise, at sunset, at dawn |
| at high tide, at low tide |
Lee works a lot, but tries to spend as much time as possible with his family at Christmas.
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at Christmas
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on Christmas Day
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on Boxing Day
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I drank too much coffee in the past. At present, I drink two cups a day at most.
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in the past
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in the future
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at present
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at the moment
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WEEKEND – v britské angličtině se používá obvykle s AT, v americké angličtině s ON:
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at the weekend
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on the weekend
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We're going camping on the weekend. You should join us!
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on the weekend
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at the weekend
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Před THIS, THAT, EVERY, LAST, YESTERDAY a TOMORROW časovou předložku obvykle nepoužíváme:
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this week
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that month
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every year
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yesterday night
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tomorrow morning
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Nikoliv: in this week, in that month
What did you do last Saturday? Did you end up going rafting?
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on last last Saturday
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on Saturday
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Pokud chceme říct, že se něco odehrává pravidelně ve stejný den v týdnu (každé pondělí, o pondělcích...), máme dvě možnosti:
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every Monday
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on Mondays
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every Friday
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on Fridays
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every Sunday
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on Sundays
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Melissa isn't an early bird. She hates getting up early on Mondays.
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on Mondays
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every Monday
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Pokud jsou MORNING, AFTERNOON, EVENING a NIGHT blíže určeny nějakým slovíčkem (Monday, cold, summer...), použijeme obvykle ON:
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He was born on a Monday morning.
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It happened on a cold night.
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They first kissed on a summer afternoon.
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The ship left the harbour on the evening of the ninth of January.
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Nikoliv: in Monday morning, at a cold night
Are you free on Friday night? How about we go to the movies?
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at on Friday night
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at night
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Pomocí IN vyjadřujeme, za jak dlouho se něco stane nebo jak dlouho něco trvá:
The concert is in a few days. If I were you, I wouldn't put off buying a ticket.
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in a few days
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It was only a minor problem. The mechanic fixed it in twenty minutes.
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in twenty minutes
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Pokud chceme říct, za jak dlouho se něco stane, máme dvě možnosti:
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in one month
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za jeden měsíc |
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in one month's time
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in two months
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za dva měsíce |
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in two months' time
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in three months
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za tři měsíce |
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in three months' time
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In a week's time, I'll be lying on the beach. I can't wait!
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in a week's time
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in a week
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Porovnejte:
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in one week's time
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in two weeks' time
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in three weeks' time
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Linda and Will are moving to Manhattan in four months' time.
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in four months' time
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in one month's time
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Doporučujeme si procvičit časové předložky (prepositions of time) IN, ON, AT v našich cvičeních.
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