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Complete the sentences below by choosing the correct prepositions


for
1. I haven't had a vacation   two years. Hopefully, I will be able to take
for
one   next summer at the latest.

for
2. We were on the boat   three days in very rough seas. I think everybody
to
was seasick   the time the cruise was over.

before
3. A lot of people say you shouldn't eat   swimming, but I don't know if that

is true.

after
4. Nobody made a sound   the speech. It was so good that there was total
in before
silence   the moment he started speaking   the last word came out

of his mouth.

5. I ordered a new smart phone online. The site said my phone would
by
arrive   3 to 5 days, but I had to wait   almost a month.

by to
6. I have class   9 AM   1:30 PM on Wednesdays. I always eat
during in
breakfast   class and lunch   class, but my lunches are a bit late
until
because I can't eat   I get home around 2 PM.

in
7. Just wait a second, I'll be there   a minute.

before
8. Somebody's phone started ringing   the movie. It kept
during
ringing   two or three minutes, and all the people in the theater were looking
until
around trying to figure out whose phone it was. I was furious   I realized it

was my phone.
for during
9. I've been sitting here   more than an hour. If they don't arrive   

the next ten minutes, I'm going to leave.

in
10. Every Friday, I meet up with friends   work for drinks and dinner. We
until to
usually hang out together   6 PM   midnight. I'm usually back
before
home   1 AM.

at
1.      September
on
2.          12 o'clock
on
3.          winter
in
4.          Easter Monday
in
5.          4th July, 1776
at
6.          Christmas
on
7.          Tuesday
in
8.          the weekend
on
9.          my birthday
at
10.          the end of the week

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