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Complete the sentences below by choosing the correct prepositions


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

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

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

during
4. Nobody made a sound   the speech. It was so good that
from
there was total silence   the moment he started
until
speaking   the last word came out of his mouth.

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

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

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

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

from
9. I've been sitting here   more than an hour. If they don't
in
arrive   the next ten minutes, I'm going to leave.

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

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

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