Fill in the blanks with by, until or within.
1I sent the parcel today itself so that she would get it ............... Friday.
Wrong!
By Friday means on or before Friday.
2I have to reach home ............... 7 o’clock.
Wrong!
3We waited ............... the rain stopped.
Wrong!
Until shows how long a situation lasts.
4The meeting has been postponed ............... Friday.
Wrong!
5Will you wait here ............... I return?
Wrong!
6I waited ............... 11 pm and then I went home.
Wrong!
7I thought that she would arrive ............... 11 o’clock but she didn’t.
Wrong!
8............... the time we reached the station, the train had already left.
Wrong!
9They said that they would finish the job ............... two hours.
Wrong!
10............... the time they found him, he was already dead.
Wrong!
11............... the time he realized his mistake, it was too late.
Wrong!
12They are going away. They will be away ............... Friday.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- I sent the parcel today itself so that she would get it by Friday.
- I have to reach home by 7 o’clock.
- We waited until the rain stopped.
- The meeting has been postponed until Friday.
- Will you wait here until I return?
- I waited until 11 pm and then I went home.
- I thought that she would arrive by 11 o’clock but she didn’t.
- By the time we reached the station, the train had already left.
- They said that they would finish the job within two hours.
- By the time they found him, he was already dead.
- By the time he realized his mistake, it was too late.
- They are going away. They will be away until Friday.
