Complete the following sentences using an appropriate preposition.
1. I will be here ........................... next week.
We use 'for' to indicate duration. We use since to indicate the starting point of a situation. Until shows the ending point of a situation.
2. The school reopens ........................ Monday.
We use on before the days of the week.
3. I invite my friends to dinner .......................... Christmas eve.
4. They are getting married ........................ the tenth of August.
5. They will be here from Monday ............................ Friday.
Use the pattern from...to.
6. He hasn't worked ......................... he lost his job.
Since indicates the starting point of a situation.
7. The work won't be complete ........................... Friday.
8. They are getting married ......................... the spring.
We use 'in' before seasons.
9. It usually rains ....................... the month of July.
We use 'in' before the names of months.
10. You must leave ...................... evening.
By evening means in the evening or before that.
11. I waited for them ......................... evening and then I went home.
Until and till mean the same. Until is more formal.
12. She was absent ...................... a week.
We use for to indicate duration.
Answers
1. I will be here until next week.
2. The school reopens on Monday.
3. I invite my friends to dinner on Christmas eve.
4. They are getting married on the tenth of August.
5. They will be here from Monday to Friday.
6. He hasn’t worked since he lost his job.
7. The work won’t be complete until Friday.
8. They are getting married in the spring.
9. It usually rains in the month of July.
10. You must leave by evening.
11. I waited for them until/till evening and then I went home.
12. She was absent for a week.
