Uses Until, Like, During, Definition and Example Sentences

Uses Until, Like, During, Definition and Example Sentences

Until

Up to, but not after, a specific time. To say how long a situation continues.

Example Sentences

• I will stay until four o’clock.
• Are you going to work until 11:00?
• Until my father came home, I read a book.
• I could not get up this morning. I stayed in the bed until eleven.
• I thought they had until 6:30 to finish this.

During

For part of a period of time. Used before a noun to say when something happens.

Example Sentences

• I watched television during a break in my studies.
• They met her during the presentation.
• There is no school during September.
• During these years he never stopped taking bus trips.
• During the war, America tried to stop trading with England.
• You’re not allowed to talk during the exam.

 

Like

 Like is used to say what something or someone looks/is like. Like, as a preposition, is used;

• before a noun or pronoun,
• to say that two things are similar.

Example Sentences

• George’s sister looks like Megan Fox.
• The meat smells like fish.
• I look like my father.
• Mary works like a slave.
• It was a small animal like a Mouse.
• The girl runs like a rabbit.