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⏳ She washed her hands ... the smell of the garlic had gone.
A) until
B) when
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A) until
B) when
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Until, not when.
✅ Say: She washed her hands until the smell of the garlic had gone
Translate: U sarimsoqning hidini yo'qotmaguncha qo'lini yuvdi.
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Until, not when.
✅ Say: She washed her hands until the smell of the garlic had gone
Translate: U sarimsoqning hidini yo'qotmaguncha qo'lini yuvdi.
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📌 Until
Until is a preposition and a conjunction. Until is often shortened to **till** or **til**. Till and ’til are more informal and we don’t usually use them in formal writing.
Until as a preposition
Until as a preposition means ‘up to (the time that)’:
We played chess until midnight. (up to midnight)
The film didn’t end till eleven o’clock.
We use from with until or till to talk about when something begins and when it ends:
I worked out at the gym from 6 pm till 7.30 pm.
The road outside our house will be closed from 6 am until 6 pm tomorrow.
We use by, not until, to talk about something that will happen before a particular time or deadline:
The movie will be finished by 9 pm.
Not: The movie will be finished until/till 9 pm.
We don’t use until or till to talk about quantity or numbers. We use up to:
The taxi can take up to five people.
Not: The taxi can take until five people.
We don’t use until or till to talk about distance. We use as far as:
Larry drove me as far as the shop and I walked the rest of the way home.
Not: Larry drove me until the shop …
Until as a conjunction
We use until as a subordinating conjunction to connect an action or an event to a point in time:
Let’s wait here till the rain stops. (till + subordinate clause)
Warning:
We don’t normally put the until-clause before the main clause:
No one left the room until the talk ended.
Not: Until the talk ended no one left …
We use present verb forms to refer to the future after until:
I can’t wait until the summer holidays begin.
Not: … until the summer holidays will begin.
We also use the present perfect after until to refer to actions or events that will continue up to a point in the future:
We’ll sit here till Donna has finished.
Not: … until Donna will have finished.
We use the past simple and past perfect to talk about events in the past:
He was the headteacher until he retired in 1968.
We couldn’t put down the new floor till the plumber had finished.
Warning:
We can’t use until or till to mean ‘in advance of’. In this case we use before:
Please return your registration form beforeyou leave the room.
Not: Please return your registration form until you leave the room.
Until: typical errors
We don’t use until to talk about things that will happen before a particular time or deadline; we use by:
All applications must be received by Friday, 26 June 2009.
Not: … until Friday, 26 June 2009.
We don’t use until or till to talk about quantity; we use up to:
The theatre can hold up to two hundred people.
Not: The theatre can hold until two hundred people.
We don’t use until or till to talk about distance; we use as far as:
We had to drive as far as Liverpool for the last hockey match that I played.
Not: We had to drive until Liverpool …
Take care to spell until with only one l at the end: not ‘untill’.
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Until is a preposition and a conjunction. Until is often shortened to **till** or **til**. Till and ’til are more informal and we don’t usually use them in formal writing.
Until as a preposition
Until as a preposition means ‘up to (the time that)’:
We played chess until midnight. (up to midnight)
The film didn’t end till eleven o’clock.
We use from with until or till to talk about when something begins and when it ends:
I worked out at the gym from 6 pm till 7.30 pm.
The road outside our house will be closed from 6 am until 6 pm tomorrow.
We use by, not until, to talk about something that will happen before a particular time or deadline:
The movie will be finished by 9 pm.
Not: The movie will be finished until/till 9 pm.
We don’t use until or till to talk about quantity or numbers. We use up to:
The taxi can take up to five people.
Not: The taxi can take until five people.
We don’t use until or till to talk about distance. We use as far as:
Larry drove me as far as the shop and I walked the rest of the way home.
Not: Larry drove me until the shop …
Until as a conjunction
We use until as a subordinating conjunction to connect an action or an event to a point in time:
Let’s wait here till the rain stops. (till + subordinate clause)
Warning:
We don’t normally put the until-clause before the main clause:
No one left the room until the talk ended.
Not: Until the talk ended no one left …
We use present verb forms to refer to the future after until:
I can’t wait until the summer holidays begin.
Not: … until the summer holidays will begin.
We also use the present perfect after until to refer to actions or events that will continue up to a point in the future:
We’ll sit here till Donna has finished.
Not: … until Donna will have finished.
We use the past simple and past perfect to talk about events in the past:
He was the headteacher until he retired in 1968.
We couldn’t put down the new floor till the plumber had finished.
Warning:
We can’t use until or till to mean ‘in advance of’. In this case we use before:
Please return your registration form beforeyou leave the room.
Not: Please return your registration form until you leave the room.
Until: typical errors
We don’t use until to talk about things that will happen before a particular time or deadline; we use by:
All applications must be received by Friday, 26 June 2009.
Not: … until Friday, 26 June 2009.
We don’t use until or till to talk about quantity; we use up to:
The theatre can hold up to two hundred people.
Not: The theatre can hold until two hundred people.
We don’t use until or till to talk about distance; we use as far as:
We had to drive as far as Liverpool for the last hockey match that I played.
Not: We had to drive until Liverpool …
Take care to spell until with only one l at the end: not ‘untill’.
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⏳ - How much did we make yesterday? £200?
- No, ... than that
A) any more
B) much less
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- No, ... than that
A) any more
B) much less
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⏳ The island is rich ... minerals and others natural resources.
A) in
B) to
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⏳ The island is rich ... minerals and others natural resources.
A) in
B) to
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🅰 rich in: having valuable resources, characteristics, traditions, or history
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🅰 rich in: having valuable resources, characteristics, traditions, or history
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⏳ The woman was dressed ... black.
A) with
B) in
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⏳ The woman was dressed ... black.
A) with
B) in
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Dressed in, not with.
❌ Don't say: The woman was dressed with black.
✅ Say: The woman was dressed in black.
✍️ Note: The woman was in black is also correct.
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Dressed in, not with.
❌ Don't say: The woman was dressed with black.
✅ Say: The woman was dressed in black.
✍️ Note: The woman was in black is also correct.
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1⃣ Ted Turner is an American business executive and sports enthusiast ... the late 20th century.
A) till
B) by
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A) till
B) by
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2⃣ I wasn't invited to Helen's birthday party. - ....
A) Neither was Jane
B) Neither Jane was
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2⃣ I wasn't invited to Helen's birthday party. - ....
A) Neither was Jane
B) Neither Jane was
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Preposition BY – Meaning and use
“by” is a very common word in English.
“by” is usually a preposition but it can also be used as an adverb.
In this lesson, you’ll learn 6 common uses of “by” as a preposition.
“by” + place
When “by” is used as a preposition of place before a place, it means “beside” / “at the side of” / “next to”
Example:
The house is by a lake. (next to a lake)
I live by the River Thames.
We live by an airport.
“by” + noun
“by” + noun has many different uses and meanings in English.
The general meaning is “a method of something” The precise meaning depends on the category of noun:
to describe a method of travel
by train
by car
by boat
by plane
by taxi
by bus
Example:
Jane is going to France by plane.
I went to London by train.
Let’s go by car.
to describe a method of communication
by phone
by email
by post
by fax
Examples:
I will send you the report by fax.
Contact us by phone.
Mark received the order by email.
to describe a method of payment
by credit card
by cheque
Examples:
I’d like to pay by credit card.
We paid for the car by cheque.
Exception – We do NOT say “by cash” – We say IN cash.
Example:__ I paid in cash for the newspaper.__
“by” and the passive voice
In the passive voice, “by” indicates WHO is doing the action.
Examples:
The floor is being cleaned by Jane.
The dress was made by Sarah.
The book was written by my father.
by + reflexive pronoun
by myself
by yourself
by himself / by herself / by itself
by ourselves
by yourselves
by themselves
This means to do something alone. To do something without the company, help or assistance of others.
Examples:
I visited London by myself.
You should go by yourself.
Jane is studying by herself.
We went to New York by ourselves.
Jane and Mark often go travelling by themselves.
by + ING form of verb
This describes how to do something. It describes the method for achieving a a particular result.
Example:
Mark stays fit by cycling to work.
In the above example, the result is “stays fit”. The method is “by cycling”
The “by” + ING clause can come before or after the result. If the “by” + ING clause is before the result, we write a comma between the clauses.
Examples:
You can turn on the television by pressing that button. (“by” + ING clause AFTER the result)
By pressing that button, you can turn on the television. (“by” + ING clause BEFORE the result with a comma.)
“by” + time expression
“by” can also act as a preposition of time and we use it with a time expression.
The meaning is: “not later than” or “before or at a particular time”. We use this structure for deadlines.
by tomorrow
by next week
by + day of the week
by + month of the year
by + date
by 9 o’clock
by 7 pm
Examples:
Please send us the contract by Friday.
You must leave the hotel room by 11 am.
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“by” is a very common word in English.
“by” is usually a preposition but it can also be used as an adverb.
In this lesson, you’ll learn 6 common uses of “by” as a preposition.
“by” + place
When “by” is used as a preposition of place before a place, it means “beside” / “at the side of” / “next to”
Example:
The house is by a lake. (next to a lake)
I live by the River Thames.
We live by an airport.
“by” + noun
“by” + noun has many different uses and meanings in English.
The general meaning is “a method of something” The precise meaning depends on the category of noun:
to describe a method of travel
by train
by car
by boat
by plane
by taxi
by bus
Example:
Jane is going to France by plane.
I went to London by train.
Let’s go by car.
to describe a method of communication
by phone
by email
by post
by fax
Examples:
I will send you the report by fax.
Contact us by phone.
Mark received the order by email.
to describe a method of payment
by credit card
by cheque
Examples:
I’d like to pay by credit card.
We paid for the car by cheque.
Exception – We do NOT say “by cash” – We say IN cash.
Example:__ I paid in cash for the newspaper.__
“by” and the passive voice
In the passive voice, “by” indicates WHO is doing the action.
Examples:
The floor is being cleaned by Jane.
The dress was made by Sarah.
The book was written by my father.
by + reflexive pronoun
by myself
by yourself
by himself / by herself / by itself
by ourselves
by yourselves
by themselves
This means to do something alone. To do something without the company, help or assistance of others.
Examples:
I visited London by myself.
You should go by yourself.
Jane is studying by herself.
We went to New York by ourselves.
Jane and Mark often go travelling by themselves.
by + ING form of verb
This describes how to do something. It describes the method for achieving a a particular result.
Example:
Mark stays fit by cycling to work.
In the above example, the result is “stays fit”. The method is “by cycling”
The “by” + ING clause can come before or after the result. If the “by” + ING clause is before the result, we write a comma between the clauses.
Examples:
You can turn on the television by pressing that button. (“by” + ING clause AFTER the result)
By pressing that button, you can turn on the television. (“by” + ING clause BEFORE the result with a comma.)
“by” + time expression
“by” can also act as a preposition of time and we use it with a time expression.
The meaning is: “not later than” or “before or at a particular time”. We use this structure for deadlines.
by tomorrow
by next week
by + day of the week
by + month of the year
by + date
by 9 o’clock
by 7 pm
Examples:
Please send us the contract by Friday.
You must leave the hotel room by 11 am.
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1⃣ I have got your phone number. I'll give you a call if I ... some help tomorrow.
A) need
B) would need
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A) need
B) would need
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2⃣ Jim can fail his examination He ... hard instead of playing computer games.
A) had to work
B) should word
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A) had to work
B) should word
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3⃣ Many parents disapprove of computer games.
... they allow their children to play them because this keeps them quiet.
A) Also
B) Yet
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3⃣ Many parents disapprove of computer games.
... they allow their children to play them because this keeps them quiet.
A) Also
B) Yet
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4⃣ Square dancing is a traditional folk dance in the United States. We all had a lot of fun ... to square dance at the party.
A) to learn
B) learning
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4⃣ Square dancing is a traditional folk dance in the United States. We all had a lot of fun ... to square dance at the party.
A) to learn
B) learning
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5⃣ I don't fell good. I ... home from work tomorrow.
A) will have stayed
B) am staying
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5⃣ I don't fell good. I ... home from work tomorrow.
A) will have stayed
B) am staying
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6⃣ I didn't start to have grey hair until I was 50.
... my brother went completely grey by the time he was 25.
A) whereas
B) despite
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6⃣ I didn't start to have grey hair until I was 50.
... my brother went completely grey by the time he was 25.
A) whereas
B) despite
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