Fill in the blanks with by or until.
1. You should be home ............................. 6 o'clock.
Correct!
Wrong!
By 6 o'clock means at or before 6 o'clock.
2. Please wait here ............................ I come back.
Correct!
Wrong!
3. He will be away ......................... Friday.
Correct!
Wrong!
4. I won't leave ............................... the manager comes.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. You have to finish the job ............................ evening.
Correct!
Wrong!
6. She won't be back ............................. Friday.
Correct!
Wrong!
7. I will not forget that experience .............................. my death.
Correct!
Wrong!
8. ............................ the time he realized his mistake, it was already too late.
Correct!
Wrong!
9. We finally reached the station half an hour late. ............................. then the train had already left.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. I will be working ................................ 6 pm.
Correct!
Wrong!
11. Last night I watched TV .............................. 2 am.
Correct!
Wrong!
12. ........................... the time I reached home, most of the guests had already left.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
1. You should be home by 6 o’clock.
2. Please wait here until I come back.
3. He will be away until Friday.
4. I won’t leave until the manager comes.
5. You have to finish the job by evening.
6. She won’t be back until Friday.
7. I will not forget that experience until my death.
8. By the time he realized his mistake, it was already too late.
9. We finally reached the station half an hour late. By then the train had already left.
10. I will be working until 6 pm.
11. Last night I watched TV until 2 am.
12. By the time I reached home, most of the guests had already left.
