{"id":2656,"date":"2016-02-01T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T17:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/?p=2656"},"modified":"2020-12-10T13:44:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T21:44:20","slug":"prepositions-of-time-review-and-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/prepositions-of-time-review-and-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepositions of Time: Review and Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/prepositions-of-time-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">three<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/prepositions-of-time-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">previous<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/prepositions-of-time-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posts<\/a>, we looked at 23 important <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/toefl-grammar-review-expressions-of-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">prepositions of time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Below are four activities to help you practice using these prepositions. A PDF of this activity with an answer key is downloadable at the bottom of the post. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<h2>Exercise 1: at, on, in<\/h2>\n<p><em>Fill in the blanks below with \u201cat,\u201d \u201con,\u201d or \u201cin.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(1)___________ 2015, there will be a change in policy. We will now have our lunch break (2)___________ 12pm (3)___________ Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, but (4)___________ 1pm on Tuesday and Thursday. We will have lunch later (5)___________ the afternoon Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in response to the scheduling needs of our clients. We will stick with the old lunch rules (6)___________ the first two weeks of January, but (7)___________ the second two weeks of January, and (8)___________ February and every month after, this change will be in effect. We will have a meeting to discuss other changes (9)___________ February 1.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Exercise 2: until, since, during, from, to<\/h2>\n<p><em>Fill in the blanks with \u201cuntil,\u201d \u201csince,\u201d \u201cduring,\u201d \u201cfrom,\u201d or \u201cto.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Our labor union\u2019s strike starts (1)___________ tomorrow morning, and will continue at least (2)___________ the emergency negotiation meeting in a few days. (3)___________ the strike, we will not be showing up for work. We\u2019ve had poor working conditions (4)___________ the new management took over last year. Unfair conditions include making us work (5)___________ 6am (6)___________ 8pm.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Exercise 3: before, after, through, within, inside, outside<\/h2>\n<p><em>Fill in the blanks with \u201cbefore,\u201d \u201cafter,\u201d \u201cthrough,\u201d \u201cinside,\u201d or \u201coutside.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve discovered the enemy\u2019s plans. They will attack us (1)_________ the hour. We must be fully prepared (2)__________ the next thirty minutes. Unfortunately, it usually takes us (3)___________ of an hour to fully prepare for battle. To prepare in time, we may have to have insufficient armor and weapons all (4)___________ the fighting. (5)___________ the battle, we have to do the best we can to prepare. (6)___________ the battle, we can hopefully recover and be ready for the next fight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Exercise 4: into, ago, up to, upwards of, over, under, past, than<\/h2>\n<p><em>Fill in the blanks with \u201cinto,\u201d \u201cago,\u201d \u201cup to,\u201d \u201cupwards of\u201d, \u201cover,\u201d \u201cunder,\u201d \u201cpast,\u201d or \u201cthan.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Three hours (1)___________ when it was still morning, the two women began to play a chess game. These women are both highly skilled and equally skilled in chess. A chess game between them can take (2)___________ several hours. They are so devoted to playing chess, that they have been known to play (3)___________ five hours at a time without taking a break. A game between them has never lasted (4)___________ two hours, and so far, they\u2019ve never had a competition last (5)___________ seven hours; their longest game in the past was longer (6)___________ six hours, running six hours and fifty minutes. As this game continues (7)___________ the afternoon, it will be interesting to see if today\u2019s tournament becomes the first one that\u2019s (8)___________ seven hours long. Even if their game today lasts exactly seven hours, that will be an impressive ten minutes (9)___________ their previous record.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/magoosh.resources\/PrepsOfTimeWorksheet%26AnswerKey.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download an answer key here.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In three previous\u00a0posts, we looked at 23 important prepositions of time. Below are four activities to help you practice using these prepositions. A PDF of this activity with an answer key is downloadable at the bottom of the post. Enjoy! Exercise 1: at, on, in Fill in the blanks below with \u201cat,\u201d \u201con,\u201d or \u201cin.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13603],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[13630],"class_list":["post-2656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.7 (Yoast SEO v21.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Prepositions of Time: Review and Practice - Magoosh Blog \u2013 TOEFL\u00ae\ufe0f Test<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In three previous\u00a0posts, we looked at 23 important prepositions of time. Below are four activities to help you practice using these prepositions. 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