EWJ Prepositions 6

Jennifer works until 3 o'clock.
What does this mean?
1. She starts working at 3.
2. She stops working at 3.
3. She continues working past 3.
Sometimes Jennifer works through lunchtime.
What does this mean?
1. She starts working at lunchtime.
2. She stops working at lunchtime.
3. She doesn't stop at lunchtime and works past that hour.
Alex sleeps from 9 to 7.
What does that mean?
1. He gets 10 hours of sleep.
2. He falls asleep after 7 a.m.
3. He falls asleep soon after 7 p.m.
Natasha doesn't wake up until 7:15.
What does this mean?
1. She wakes up before 7:15.
2. She doesn't wake up before 7:15.
3. She continues to sleep past 7:15.
Janet works Monday to Thursday.
What does this mean?
1. Her last work day of the week is Wednesday.
2. Her last work day of the week is Thursday.
3. Her last work day of the week is Friday.
David snored through the night.
What does this mean?
1. His snoring continued during the night.
2. He snored a little at some point during the night.
3. His snoring ended at night.
Only five more days to the big test!
What does that mean?
1. The big test will last five days.
2. The speaker has already waited five days to take the big test.
3. There are five days left before the big test.
We won't see each other till November.
What does this mean?
1. We'll see each other at some point before November.
2. We won't see each other before November.
3. We'll see each other after November.

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