Exercise 1
Complete the sentences with on time or in time .
1) The bus was late this morning, but it's usually ________
2) The film was supposed to start at 8.30, but it didn't begin ________
3) I like to get up ________ to have a big breakfast before going to work.
4) We want to start the meeting ________ , so please don't be late.
5) I've just washed this shirt. I want to wear it this evening, so I hope it will be dry ________
6) The train service isn’t very good. The trains are rarely ________
7) I nearly missed flight this morning. I got to the airport just ________
8) I almost forgot that it was Joe's birthday. Fortunately I remembered ________
9) Why are you never ________ ? You always keep everybody waiting.
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1 on time
2 on time
3 in time
4 on time
5 in time
6 on time
7 in time
8 in time
9 on time
Exercise 2
Read the situations and make sentences using just in time .
1) A child ran into the road in front of your car. You saw the child at the last moment.
(manage / stop) ________
2) You were walking home. Just after you got home, it started to rain very heavily.
(get / home) I ________
3) Tim was going to sit on the chair you had just painted. You said, 'Don't sit on that chair!', so he didn't. (stop / him) I ________
4) You and a friend went to the cinema. You were late, and you thought you would miss the beginning of the film. But the film began just as you sat down in the cinema.
(get / cinema / beginning / film)
We ________
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1 I managed to stop just in time.
2 I got home just in time.
3 I stopped him just in time.
4 We got to the cinema just in time for the beginning of the film. / … just in time to see the beginning of the film.
Exercise 3
Complete the sentences using at the end+ the following:
the course the game the interview the month the race
1) The players shook hands ________
2) I usually get paid ________
3) The students had a party ________
4) Two of the runners collapsed ________
5) To surprise, I was offered the job ________
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1 at the end of the game
2 at the end of the month
3 at the end of the course
4 at the end of the race
5 at the end of the interview
Exercise 4
Write sentences with In the end . Use the verb in brackets.
1) We had a lot of problems with our car. (sell) ________
2) Anna got more and more fed up with her job. (resign) ________
3) I tried to learn German, but I found it too difficult. (give up) ________
4) We couldn't decide whether to go to the party or not. (not / go) ________
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1 In the end we sold it.
2 In the end she resigned (from her job).
3 In the end I gave up (trying to learn German).
4 In the end we decided not to go (to the party). or In the end we didn't go (to the party).
Exercise 5
Put in at or in .
1) I'm going away ________ at the end of the month.
2) It took me a long time to find a job. ________ the end I got a job in a hotel.
3) Are you going away ________ the beginning of August or ________ the end?
4) I couldn't decide what to buy Laura for her birthday. I didn't buy her anything ________ the end.
5) We waited ages for a taxi. We gave up ________ the end and walked home.
6) I'll be moving to a new address ________ the end of September.
7) We had a few problems at first, but ________ the end everything was OK.
8) I'm going away ________ the end of this week.
9) A: I didn't know what to do.
B: Yes, you were in a difficult position. What did you do ________ the end?
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1 at
2 In 6 at
3 at … at 7 in
4 in 8 at
5 in 9 in
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