Complete the following sentences using an appropriate preposition.
1I will be here ............... next week.
Wrong!
Use "until" to show that the situation continues up to next week and then ends.
2The school reopens ............... Monday.
Wrong!
Use "on" with days of the week.
3I invite my friends to dinner ............... Christmas Eve.
Wrong!
Use "on" with special days such as Christmas Eve.
4They are getting married ............... the tenth of August.
Wrong!
Use "on" with a specific date such as the tenth of August.
5They will be here from Monday ............... Friday.
Wrong!
Use "to" in the time pattern from one day to another.
6He hasn't worked ............... he lost his job.
Wrong!
Use "since" before the starting point of an action or state that continues to now.
7The work won't be complete ............... Friday.
Wrong!
Use "until" to mean that something will not happen before Friday.
8They are getting married ............... the spring.
Wrong!
Use "in" with seasons such as spring.
9It usually rains ............... the month of July.
Wrong!
Use "in" with a month or a longer period of time.
10You must leave ............... this evening.
Wrong!
Use "by" to mean no later than this evening.
11I waited for them ............... evening, and then I went home.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "until" or "till" to mean up to the time mentioned.
12She was absent ............... a week.
Wrong!
Use "for" with a length of time such as a week.
Answers
- I will be here until next week.
- The school reopens on Monday.
- I invite my friends to dinner on Christmas Eve.
- They are getting married on the tenth of August.
- They will be here from Monday to Friday.
- He hasn’t worked since he lost his job.
- The work won’t be complete until Friday.
- They are getting married in the spring.
- It usually rains in the month of July.
- You must leave by this evening.
- I waited for them until / till evening, and then I went home.
- She was absent for a week.
