Day 3

Expressions with time

1. Complete the sentences with the verbs in the 2. Complete the Prepositions column with the
list. prepositions in the list.

give somebody a hard time – to deliberately

make a situation difficult and unpleasant for
somebody
have the time of your life = enjoy yourself very
much
kill time suggests that you want to make time
pass quickly because you are bored
make up for lost time = try to compensate for
time or opportunities missed in the past
run out of time = not have any time left to do
something
save time suggests that you do something to
reduce the amount of time something would
normally take
can't spare the time = you don't have enough
time to devote any of it to another activity
spend time
take time
take up (time) – fill your time at the time – at the moment
waste time = use time badly at times – sometimes
before my time – before I was old enough to be
aware of / remember this
behind the times – old-fashioned in your ideas,
methods, etc.
by the time – all the time up to a certain point
from time to time – occasionally
in time – arriving early enough to do something
time off – time at home, not working
on time – punctually, at the agreed time
3. Match sentences 1–12 to A–L. 5. Complete the sentences with suitable
preposition.

6. Complete the time expressions in the mini-

dialogues.

4. Complete the sentences with the correct form

of the verbs in the list.