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    This document provides examples and exercises about using different prepositions of time in English, including for, since, ago, during, by, and until. It explains that for and since are used to indicate duration, with for taking a time period and since taking a specific point in time. Ago is used to refer to a point in the past. During indicates something happening within a period or event. By is used to indicate a deadline or latest time. Until specifies duration and an end point. Several exercises then provide blanks to be filled in with the appropriate prepositions of time.

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    This document provides examples and exercises about using different prepositions of time in English, including for, since, ago, during, by, and until. It explains that for and since are used to indicate duration, with for taking a time period and since taking a specific point in time. Ago is used to refer to a point in the past. During indicates something happening within a period or event. By is used to indicate a deadline or latest time. Until specifies duration and an end point. Several exercises then provide blanks to be filled in with the appropriate prepositions of time.

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    This document provides examples and exercises about using different prepositions of time in English, including for, since, ago, during, by, and until. It explains that for and since are used to indicate duration, with for taking a time period and since taking a specific point in time. Ago is used to refer to a point in the past. During indicates something happening within a period or event. By is used to indicate a deadline or latest time. Until specifies duration and an end point. Several exercises then provide blanks to be filled in with the appropriate prepositions of time.

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    Prepositions of time
    Prepositions of time for, since, ago,
    during, by, until
    We use for and since to say how long something
    continues. We use for + a period of time, and since
    + a point of time.
    Shes been learning English for three months.
    Hes lived in London since 1998.
    We use ago to talk about a point of time in
    the past.
    They got married two years ago.
    We use during to say that something happens in
    the middle of a certain period or event.
    Sue fainted during the pop concert.
    We use by to say not later than.
    You must finish your homework by Friday, said
    the teacher.
    We use until to say how long something continues
    and when it finishes.
    Tom stayed out until one oclock in the morning.
    1 Complete the sentences with for, since or
    ago.
    1 Hes been a computer programmer
    he left school.
    2 They hadnt seen each other
    many years.
    3 Man first walked on the moon over thirty
    years .
    4 The pop concert went on
    three hours.
    5 Paul visited his relatives in Australia a couple
    of years .
    2 Complete the sentences with for or during.
    1 Graham has been travelling around Europe
    three months.
    2 Three people were arrested
    the student demonstration.
    3 I fell asleep a flight to New
    York. When I woke up the plane had landed.
    4 Clare waited for Greg at the caf
    over an hour.
    5 Mark is visiting his parents next weekend.
    He hasnt seen them a while.

    3 Complete the sentences with by or until.


    1 The football match wont begin
    eight oclock.
    2 2004, everyone will be using
    the Internet.
    3 Fiona didnt stop reading she
    had finished the book.
    4 I have to be at the train station
    6.30 p.m.
    5 Tim had to finish the painting
    the end of the week.
    6 My parents are away next
    week. Why dont we have a party?
    7 Ill be twenty-one in the year 2006.
    then Ill probably have a job,
    and I may even be married!
    8 I cant come out I finished
    writing this essay.
    4 Complete the newspaper extracts with for,
    since, ago, during, by and until.
    Cinema is celebrating another birthday. Exactly
    105 years 1 , the Lumire brothers
    opened the first cinema in Paris. 2
    then, cinema has become the most popular
    entertainment in the world.

    An earthquake hit Tokyo 3 the early


    hours of this morning. It is the first earthquake
    4 several years and has caused
    millions of pounds worth of damage.

    5 the year 2010, the Hilton Group


    plans to open a hotel on the moon. A holiday there
    could cost up to 20,000. Experts say that
    6 there is a cheaper way of getting
    there, most of the rooms will be empty.

    Prepositions of time
    1 1 since
    4 for
    2 for
    5 ago
    3 ago
    2 1 for
    2 during
    3 during
    3 1 until
    2 By
    3 until
    4 by
    4 1 ago
    2 Since
    3 during

    4 for
    5 for
    5 by
    6 until
    7 By
    8 until
    4 for
    5 By
    6 until

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