Fill in the blanks with last or the last.
1I had a discussion with him ............... week.
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Use "last" with a time word to mean the previous week.
2I think ............... time I met him was when I was in Singapore.
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Use "the last" before "time" when you mean the most recent occasion.
3I ............... met him in January.
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Use "last" as an adverb to mean the most recent time something happened.
4I had a cold ............... week.
Wrong!
Use "last" with a time word to mean the previous week.
5Were you at the conference ............... week?
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Use "last" with a time word to mean the previous week.
6We bought this house ............... year.
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Use "last" with a time word to mean the previous year.
7We have lived here for ............... year.
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Use "the last" after "for" to mean the period of one year up to now.
8I have been too busy for ............... three months.
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Use "the last" after "for" to mean the period of three months up to now.
9This is ............... car I buy.
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Use "the last" to mean the final one in a series.
10............... few days have been very wet.
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Use "The last" with a recent period continuing up to now.
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- I had a discussion with him last week.
- I think the last time I met him was when I was in Singapore.
- I last met him in January.
- I had a cold last week.
- Were you at the conference last week?
- We bought this house last year.
- We have lived here for the last year.
- I have been too busy for the last three months.
- This is the last car I buy.
- The last few days have been very wet.
