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Time Expressions Gap Fill Worksheet

Intermediate

Choose one of the words/expressions from the table to put into each gap. Sometimes, there is more than one answer possible.

until when
just as
before
as soon as

as
during
while
for

1. My mother worked for 42 years as a nurse ________ she retired.

2. The movie had already begun ________ we got to the cinema.

3. My sister always gets up ________ she wakes up.

4. ________ I had finished my lunch, I went out.

5. You watched TV ________ three hours last night. Tonight, you have to do your homework!

6. I got home ________ the mailman arrived and he gave me three postcards from Leo.

7. ________ we were on vacation in Paris, we met a lot of friendly people.

8. ________ leaving, send that e-mail to the sales department.

9. It wasn't the first time I'd met him. We'd met ________, in the 1980s.

10. ________ the crowd was leaving, somebody shouted "fire" and started a panic.