Page 143 - BASIC GRAMMAR PRACTICE

Prepositions

96b In your notebook, join the phrases in the two columns using until, before or
after to make eleven sentences.

4- You must stay in bod a my exams start
A I felt very tired b staying awake all night
3 I was asleep c it gets too dark
4 We always have a good breakfast d he was thirty
5 We're going to buy some new skis e you got better
6 They felt lonely f we go on our skiing holiday
7 I have a lot of studying to do g we go to work
8 Who's going to wash the dishes h the phone work me up
9 He lived with his parents i I found it
10 1 carried on looking for my ring j dinner
11 We must walk home k their children left home

Examples: 1 You must stay in bed until you get better. 1e

2 I felt very tired after staying awake all night, 2b

97 Prepositions of time

Practice
Use one of these words to complete the sentences below.

during after before
through between from in
1 I waited .untill., nine o'clock and then went home.

2 If you come seven, we'll catch the bus that leaves at 7.05.
3 Will you come and see me a week or two?
4 the children left, the house was very quiet.
5 the holidays, we played tennis and did a lot of swimming.

6 I can't remember when we left the cinema: 1 think it was
ten and half-past.
7 I was ill January to March.
8 We worked all the holidays to finish painting the boat.

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