Fill in the blanks with an appropriate time adverb.
1I have known her ............... a long time.
Wrong!
Use "for" with a length of time.
2I once studied the guitar ............... three years.
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Use "for" with the duration "three years".
3I have been working ............... six o’clock, and I am getting tired.
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Use "since" with the starting point "six o’clock".
4It was the worst storm ............... ten years.
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Use "in" in the phrase "the worst storm in ten years".
5I will be here ............... three o’clock onwards.
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Use "from" with "onwards" to show the starting time.
6............... now on, I’m going to go running every day.
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Use "From" in the fixed time expression "from now on".
7............... the dawn of civilization, people have made war.
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Use "From" to mean starting at "the dawn of civilization".
8By next Christmas, we will have been here ............... eight years.
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Use "for" with the duration "eight years".
9I think the plane is ............... to take off.
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Use "about" in the expression "about to" for something that will happen very soon.
10The President is to visit Beijing ............... May.
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Use "in" with the month "May".
Answers
- I have known her for a long time.
- I once studied the guitar for three years.
- I have been working since six o’clock, and I am getting tired.
- It was the worst storm in ten years.
- I will be here from three o’clock onwards.
- From now on, I’m going to go running every day.
- From the dawn of civilization, people have made war.
- By next Christmas, we will have been here for eight years.
- I think the plane is about to take off.
- The President is to visit Beijing in May.
