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Match up (adverbs of time)

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Fill in the blanks with an appropriate time adverb.

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1. I have known her ................................ a long time.
2. I once studied the guitar ................................ three years.
3. I have been working .................................. six o’clock, and I am getting tired.
4. It was the worst storm ............................... ten years.
5. I will be here .................................. three o’clock onwards.
6. .................................... now on, I’m going to go running every day.
7. ....................................... the dawn of civilization, people have made war.
8. By next Christmas, we will have been here ................................. eight years.
9. I think the plane is ..................................... to take off.
10. The President is to visit Beijing .............................. May.

Answers

  1. I have known her for a long time.
  2. I once studied the guitar for three years.
  3. I have been working since six o’clock, and I am getting tired.
  4. It was the worst storm in ten years.
  5. I will be here from three o’clock onwards.
  6. From now on, I’m going to go running every day.
  7. From the dawn of civilization, people have made war.
  8. By next Christmas, we will have been here for eight years.
  9. I think the plane is about to take off.
  10. The President is to visit Beijing in May.
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