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from ... to, until and by

We use till (informal) or u n til to say when an action or situation ends.
I'll be in London till Thursday. We played football u n til 5 o'clock.

^ Complete the sentences with until or till and expressions from the box.

the age of 14 July lunchtime six o'clock in the morning / Saturday the end

! It was a great party. We danced . . ^PXW'XXSt-............................

1 I'm going to have a sandwich now. I can't w a it......................................................................
2 Granny's coming on Monday for a few days. She's going to stay.........................................
3 When I was young, you had to go to school...........................................................................
4 I didn't like the film, so I didn't stay.........................................................................................
5 I'm doing a three-month computer course; it goes o n ..........................................................

We can give the beginning and end of an action or situation with fro m ... to /u n til/till.

I worked from 8.00 to 6.00 yesterday. We'll be aw ay fro m July 7 6 u n til/till A ugust 4.

^ M a k e s e n t e n c e s a b o u t J o h n ' s S u n d a y m o r n i n g w i t h f o , till o r until.
! read paper 7.30 - 8.00 .. ..................................

OR He read th e paper fro v w ^ -.z o u r c t lL / t lll 2.00.
1 washed car 8.00-9.00 ...........................................................................................................
2 talked to woman next door 9.00 -9.15 ................................................................................

3 played tennis 10.00-11.00 .............................................................................................
4 talked to friends 11.00- 11.30 ........................................................................................
5 went for a walk 11.30-12.45 ..........................................................................................

0 Write two sentences with from ... to/till/until about things you did yesterday.
1 ....................................................................................................................................

2

We use by (= 'not later than') to say that something happens at or before a certain moment.

UNTIL BY
You can keep the car u n til Sunday. You really m ust bring it back by 12.00 on Sunday.

Xpt,
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1 SUNDAY FRI... SAT... SUN 11.00... SUN 12.00... SUN 1.00
6 Put in by or until.

1 This book must go back to the library................................Tuesday.
2 The film goes o n ................................9.30.
3 Can you finish painting the room ................................ Friday?
4 If I give you this coat to clean, can you do i t ................................tomorrow?
5 I must find some m oney................................the end of the week.
6 Can you wait for my answer................................tonight?

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