UNTIL (TILL) VS BY
UNTIL: PREPOSITION AND CONJUNCTION.
TILL: PREPOSITION.
BOTH ARE INTERCHANGEABLE
UNTIL : Situation or Event will continue up to a certain time.
BY : Something will happen before or at a certain time .
Quick. On going action
Action
By. Until
PRACTICE
Questions :
1. My driving licence is valid ---------- 2030.
2. The meeting will start ----------- 9 pm.
3. I must leave now. I have to be there ---------- 9 Am.
4. I can not go. I have to be here ------------- 9 Am.
5. It may start raining ------------- 8 Am.
6. It may stop raining ------------- 8 Am.
Answer : 1. until(till) 2. by 3.by
4.until(till) 5. by 6. by
7. I will start teaching -------- 5 o'clock.
8. I'll be teaching ----------- 5 o'clock.
9. Is it cloudy or raining? Kindly wait ---------- the weather clears.
10. Applications must be submitted ------------- December 5.
11. She will be here ------------- March.
12. I was looking for my phone ----------- midnight.
Answer : 7. by 8. until(till) 9.until(till)
10.by
11. She will be here by March. (but she is not here at this moment)
11. She will be here until March. (she is here at this moment)
12. until(till)
13. I will continue my job --------- April.
14. I need your help ---------- Monday.
15. E-passes issued with the validity -------- 22 April 2020 will remain valid ------ 3 May 2020.
16. I went to bed and slept ---------- morning 9 o'clock.
17. The party kept going ---------- 5 A.M.
18. She had a word ---------- night.
19. She will have a word --------night.
Answer : 13. until(till) / by 14. until(till) 15.until(till) , until(till)
16. until(till) 17. until(till) 18. until(till) 19. by
20. I must leave --------- 3 pm.
21. Write the report -------- 7 pm.
22. I am with you --------- 4 pm.
23. I was with you -------- 4 pm.
24. I will quit smoking ------- the July .
25. I will start doing exercise ------- 5 am.
26. I studied --------- 7 pm.
27. I stopped writing ------- 7 pm.
28. I have to leave the gym ------- 9pm.
29. I have to stay at the gym -------- 9 pm.
30. I will be at the office -------- 4pm.
Answer : 20. by 21. by 22. until(till) 23. until(till)
24.by 25.by 26. until(till) 27. by
28. by 29. until(till)
30.I will be at the office until 4pm.( at the office now )
