Teaching Tips & Ideas

TIME ADVERBIALS - Part 2

BY

By is used in time phrases to indicate a final time by which something is or was to be completed.
e.g. A response must be received by ten o'clock this Sunday.
e.g. He'll have the work completed by the end of July.

Note: BY DAY - BY NIGHT
e.g. She prefers traveling by night.

BY THE NIGHT:
e.g. Some people get paid by the day.
(daily pay: contrast a fixed weekly or monthly wage)

DURING/IN:

DURING and IN express continuity over a period of time.
e.g. DURING/IN the Festival people danced and sung.
e.g. DURING/IN WWII almost everything was rationed.

DURING and IN can also express a point of time in a continuous period.
e.g. We were awakened DURING/IN THE NIGHT by a loud noise.