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Key to Exercises


              118.3                          UNIT 120                       121.2
              2  as if he meant what he said                                2  at night
                                             120.1
              3  as if she’s hurt her leg / as if she hurt   2  by 8.30     3  in the evening
                her leg                                                     4  on 21 July 1969
                                             3  Let me know by Saturday
              4  as if he hadn’t eaten for a week  4  you’re here by 2 o’clock.  5  at the same time
              5  as if she was enjoying it                                  6  in the 1920s
                                             5  we should arrive by lunchtime.
              6  as if I was crazy / as if I were crazy                     7  in about 20 minutes
              7  as if she didn’t want to come  120.2                       8  at the moment
              8  as if I didn’t exist        2 by                           9  in 11 seconds
                                             3 until                       10  on Saturdays    or    … works
              118.4                          4 by
              2  as if I was/were                                             Saturdays
                                             5 until
              3  as if she was/were          6 by                           121.3
              4  as if it was/were                                          3 a
                                             7 by
                                                                            4  both
                                             8 until
              UNIT 119                                                      5 a
                                             9 by
              119.1                         10 by                           6  both
              3 during                      11 until                        7 b
              4 for                         12 By                           8 a
              5 for                         13 until                        9  both
              6 during                      14 by                          10 b
              7 for
                                             120.3                          UNIT 122
              8  during (or in)
              9 for                          Example answers:               122.1
                                             3  until I come back
             10 for                                                         2  on time
             11 during                       4  by 5 o’clock                3  on time
                                             5  by 3 April
             12 for                                                         4  in time
                                             6  until 2028                  5  on time
              119.2                          7  until midnight
              3 while        8 while                                        6  in time
                                             120.4                          7  in time
              4 While        9 during
              5 during      10 while         2  By the time I got to the station   8  on time
                                             3  By the time I finished (work)   9  in time
              6  during (or in)  11 During
              7  during (or in)  12 while    4  By the time the police arrived  122.2
                                             5  By the time we got to the top (of the
              119.3                            mountain)                    2  I got home just in time.
              1 for                                                         3  I stopped him just in time.
                                                                            4  We got to the cinema just in time for
              2 during                       UNIT 121
              3 while                                                         the beginning of the  film.  / … just in
                                             121.1                            time to see the beginning of the film.
              4  during (or in)              2 on
              5 for                                                         122.3
                                             3 in
              6 while                        4  at  (or on in American English)  2  at the end of the month
              7  during (or in)                                             3  at the end of the course
                                             5  on  (or  I last saw her Tuesday.)
              8 for                          6 in                           4  at the end of the race
              9 while                                                       5  at the end of the interview
                                             7 in
             10 during
                                             8  at                          122.4
              119.4                          9  on  (or There are usually a lot of   2  In the end she resigned (from her
              Example answers:                 parties New Year’s Eve.)       job).    or    She resigned (from her
              3  Can you wait for me while I make a   10 at                   job) in the end.
                quick phone call?           11 in                           3  In the end I gave up (trying to  learn
              4  Most of the students looked bored   12 in                    Japanese / learning Japanese).    or
                during the lesson.          13 at                             I gave up (learning Japanese) in the
              5  I was asked a lot of questions during   14 on                end.
                the interview.              15 in                           4  In the end we decided not to go (to
              6  Don’t open the car door while the car   16 At                the party).    or    In the end we didn’t
                is moving.                  17 in                             go (to the party).    or    We decided
              7  The lights suddenly went out while   18 on                   not to go (to the party) in the end.
                we were watching TV.        19 at                             or    We didn’t go (to the party) in the
              8  What are you going to do while   20  at 5 o’clock in the morning   end.
                you’re on holiday?          21  on 7 January … in April
              9  It started to rain during the game.  22  on Tuesday morning … in the
             10  It started to rain while we were   afternoon    or    at home Tuesday
                walking home.                  morning … in the afternoon



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