Dear friends! Today I am posting the test on the prepositions of time as I promised you yesterday. Your task is the same as in two previous blogs. You should fill in blanks with the prepositions of time. In the brackets are some explanations in italic. They are supposed to help you find the correct answers. Of course, we will help you as usual.
So, here is the test.
- I have a day off ___ a day. (the day after tomorrow)
- The negotiations will take place ___Tuesday morning.
- The conference will be held ___10 a.m. ___November 25.
- She got married a year ago and hasn’t called____. (I haven’t heard from her till now)
- It had been raining ___a few hours ____the T-storm began. (First it was just raining, then the T-storm started)
- I don’t like to get up early ___the morning.
- Being a good typist she will type this report ___no time and ___the meantime you could prepare an article.
- He will call ___noon sharp.
- We were in love with each other ___we had met the first time.
- I came across him ___the beginning of this month.
- I like to read ___midnight.
- I will have been back ___dinner time.
- It is cold here ___winter.
- He was an engineer ___ the past.
- Mail from Africa is delivered three times ___ week.
- This street is overcrowded ___morning ___night. (all day long)
- He will be working here ____June 10.
- I want to finish this work _____it starts getting dark.
- We will discuss this problem ___his arrival. (When he arrives)
- I hadn’t been able to get myself ready ___his arrival.
- It was cold ____the flight.
- He asked not to disturb him ___the next hour.
- He promised to call ___15 minutes.
- I had worked ___I got tired.
- I worked ___late night.
As this task is on the prepositions of time, you should pay special attention to the tenses. In some examples this or that tense may prompt you what preposition is correct. And, of course, you should read our comments.
Let next Monday be the deadline, OK?
Good luck!
Comments
" 23. WITHIN is correct, but IN and FOR are wrong because of the different reasons. IN is wrong because the given sentence is in the past tense. If it were in the present perfect tense, IN would be correct as we say so meaning the future (not the future in the past). "
But you did post the correct answer:
23.He promised to call in/within 15 minutes.
Can you please explain me once again? I feel confused to choose the preposition on thus sentence: "I was trying to call you....... an hour."
He was so busy. He was used to call her mother for only 5 minutes. Yesterday he promised to call her for 15 minutes and he did.
The telephone fee is so high to call overseas. He promised to call for only 15 minutes.
I think we can use FOR...
Dear friends! Today is the deadline for this test so, I am posting the correct answers. Of course, you can ask us any questions as usual. I'd like to say this test was well-done as most of you found the correct answers yourselves. Thank you very much for being so persistent in getting knowledge. All your attemps are highly appreciated.
And here are the correct answers:
Dear Abiba! 10 is correct now. Thank you!
DEar Onee-chan! Now everything is correct.
Of course, the name of a month and time of the day are different things. But we usually say "late/early January" without any preposition. Anyway, IN is correct if we mean some month.
Ok, Sir Danny. Thank you for your guidance. I answered in because I remembered about in late January. I saw that on journals. But January maybe not same with night. hehehe...
10) I came across him at the beginning of this month.
24) I had worked until I got tired.
25) I worked till late night.
Dear Onee-chan! You've corrected most of your mistakes, but there are still some.
10. Only AT is correct. IN is not an option, OK?
24. The idea of the sentence is the following: I had been working till the moment when I felt tired out. BEFORE is not correct in this sentence.
25. IN NIGHT is incorrect in any case. The meaning of the sentence is the same as that of the previous one. The difference is that there is no clause after the preposition.
You still have some time till tomorrow
Morning, ladies! I am back!
Dear Peppo! 21 is wrong again! SINCE and BEFORE are absolutely different. The sentence reads that a woman hadn't been able to get herself ready BEFORE he came, but there is no clause!
1) I have a day off in a day.
2) The negotiations will take place on Tuesday morning.
3) The conference will be held at 10 a.m. on November 25.
4) She got married a year ago and hasn’t called since.
5) It had been raining for a few hours before the T-storm began.
6)I don’t like to get up early in the morning.
7) Being a good typist she will type this report in no time and in the meantime you could prepare an article.
8) He will call at noon sharp.
9) We were in love with each other since we had met the first time.
10) I came across him at/in the beginning of this month.
11) I like to read until midnight.
12) I will have been back by dinner time.
13) It is cold here in winter.
14) He was an engineer in the past.
15) Mail from Africa is delivered three times a week.
16) This street is overcrowded from morning to night.
17) He will be working here until June 10.
18) I want to finish this work before it starts getting dark.
19) We will discuss this problem after his arrival.
20) I hadn’t been able to get myself ready by his arrival.
21) It was cold during the flight.
22) He asked not to disturb him during the next hour.
23) He promised to call within 15 minutes.
24) I had worked before I got tired.
25) I worked in late night.
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