On time / in time At the end / in the end

Unit 121 - I E G - On time / in time        At the end / in the end

121.1

1. The bus was late this morning but it’s usually on time.

2. The film was supposed to start at 8.30 but it didn’t begin on time.

3. I like to get up in time to have a big breakfast before going to work.

4. We want to start the meeting on time, so please don’t be late.

5. I’ve just washed this shirt. I want to wear it this evening, so I hope it will be dry in time.

6. The train service isn’t very good. The trains are rarely on time.

7. I nearly missed my flight this morning. I got to the airport just in time.

8. I nearly forgot that it was Joe’s birthday. Fortunately I remembered in time.

9. Why are you never on time? You always keep everybody waiting.

121.2

1. A child ran across the road in front of your car. You saw the child at the last moment.

I managed to stop just in time.

2. You were walking home without an umbrella. Just after you got home, it started to rain very heavily.         I got home just in time.

3. Tim was going to sit on the chair you had just painted. You said. “Don’t sit in that chair!” so he didn’t.            I stopped him just in time.

4. You went to the cinema. You were a bit late and you thought you would miss the beginning of the film.        I got to the cinema just in time for the beginning of the film.

121.3

1. All the players shook hands at the end of the match.

2. I normally get paid at the end of the month.

3. The students had a party at the end of the course.

4. Two of the runners collapsed at the end of the race.

5. To my surprise I was offered the job at the end of the interview.

121.4

1. We had a lot of problems with our car. In the end we sold it.

2. Judy got more and more fed up with her job. In the end she resigned.

3. I tried to learn German but I found it too difficult. In the end I gave up.

4. We couldn’t decide whether  to go to the party or not. In the end we decided not to go.

121.5

1. I’m going away at the end of the month.

2. It took me a long time to find a job. In the end I got a job in a hotel.

3. Are you going away at the beginning of August or at the end?

4.  I couldn’t decide what to buy Mary for her birthday. I didn’t buy her anything in the end.

5. We waited ages for a taxi. We gave up in the end and walked home.

6. I’ll be moving to a new address at the end of September.

7. At first Helen didn’t want to go to the theatre but she came with us in the end.

8. I’m going away at the end of this week.

9. ‘I didn’t know what to do.’ ‘Yes,, you were in a difficult position. What did you do in the end?

 

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