Fill in the blanks with an appropriate preposition.
1. The train left …………………… time.
Correct!
Wrong!
On time means at the planned time - neither late nor early.
2. He is never ………………….. time.
Correct!
Wrong!
3. I am paid …………………… the end of the month.
Correct!
Wrong!
4. I almost crashed into the car in front. I managed to stop just ……………………… time.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. Everyone applauded …………………… the end of the show.
Correct!
Wrong!
6. We couldn’t decide where to go for our holidays. ……………………. the end we didn’t go anywhere.
Correct!
Wrong!
7. He has …………………… last found a good job.
Correct!
Wrong!
At last is similar to finally.
8. The hero and the heroine got married ……………………. the end.
Correct!
Wrong!
9. ……………………… first we didn’t get on very well.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. She was tired of her job. …………………… the end she resigned.
Correct!
Wrong!
11. Someone saved the boy just ……………………. time.
Correct!
Wrong!
12. They are leaving ……………………… the end of the month.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
- The train left on time.
- He is never on time.
- I am paid at the end of the month.
- I almost crashed into the car in front. I managed to stop just in time.
- Everyone applauded at the end of the show.
- We couldn’t decide where to go for our holidays. In the end we didn’t go anywhere.
- He has at last found a good job.
- The hero and the heroine got married in the end.
- At first we didn’t get on very well.
- She was tired of her job. In the end she resigned.
- Someone saved the boy just in time.
- They are leaving at the end of the month.
