Fill in the blanks with since, for or until.
1. Mr Jones has taught at this school 2005.
2. The baby has been crying nearly an hour.
3. He has been living lone the death of his wife.
4. She lay in bed 10 o’ clock.
5. They stayed with us a week.
6. No-one may leave the end of the meeting.
7. Grandma has felt much better her operation.
8. Wait a few minutes, then try again.
9. I have not seen Mary last Monday.
10. The new building will not be finished next April.
Answers
Question:-
Fill in the blanks with since, for or until.
Answer:-
1. Mr Jones has taught at this school since 2005.
2. The baby has been crying nearly for an hour.
3. He has been living lone until the death of his wife.
4. She lay in bed since 10 o’ clock.
5. They stayed with us for a week.
6. No-one may leave until the end of the meeting.
7. Grandma has felt much better since her operation.
8. Wait a few minutes, then until try again.
9. I have not seen Mary since last Monday.
10. The new building will not be finished next since April.
- Well, these words are called Conjunctions
ᴀᴅᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ɪɴғᴏʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ:-
- ᴄᴏɴᴊᴜɴᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ɪs ᴀ ᴡᴏʀᴅ ᴜsᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴊᴏɪɴ ᴡᴏʀᴅs, ᴘʜʀᴀsᴇs, sᴇɴᴛᴇɴᴄᴇs, ᴀɴᴅ ᴄʟᴀᴜsᴇs.
- ᴇxᴀᴍᴘʟᴇ:- ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ,ʙᴜᴛ,ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴇᴛᴄ.
Question:- Fill in the blanks with since/for/until.
1. Mr Jones has taught at this school ____ 2005.
2. The baby has been crying nearly ____ an hour.
3. He has been living lone ____ the death of his wife.
4. She lay in bed ____ 10 o’ clock.
5. They stayed with us ____ a week.
6. No-one may leave ____ the end of the meeting.
7. Grandma has felt much better ____ her operation.
8. Wait a few minutes, then try again.
9. I have not seen Mary ____ last Monday.
10. The new building will not be finished ____ next April.
Answer:-
1. Mr Jones has taught at this school since 2005.
2. The baby has been crying nearly for an hour.
3. He has been living lone until the death of his wife.
4. She lay in bed since 10 o’ clock.
5. They stayed with us for a week.
6. No-one may leave until the end of the meeting.
7. Grandma has felt much better since her operation.
8. Wait a few minutes until then try again.
9. I have not seen Mary since last Monday.
10. The new building will not be finished until next April.
MORE TO LEARN:
- The words- since, until, for are conjunctions.
- Conjunction is a word that joins/connects words, phrases and clauses together in a sentence.
- There are three main types of conjunctions;
→Coordinating conjunctions
→Subordinating conjunctions
→Correlative conjunctions.
- Coordinating conjunctions- for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
- Subordinating conjunctions- after, although, as, as if, as long as, since, as, because, before, even though, if, that, than, though, till, unless, until, when, etc.
- Correlative conjunctions- either/or, neither/nor, not only/but