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15. I took a test two days
16. The students are going to have another test Thursday.
17. Are you going to be home afternoon around three?
18. My little sister arrived here month.
19. She is going to leave two weeks.
20. year Yuko is going to be a freshman in college.
6-3 USING A COUPLE OF OR A FEWWITH AGO (PAST) AND IN (FUTURI
(a) Sam arrived here one (OR: a) year ago.
(b) Jack is going to be here in fwo minutes.
(c) I talked to Ann three days ago.
(d) I saw Carlos a couple ofmonths ago.
(e) He's going to return to Mexico in a couple qf
months.
( f ) I got a letter from Gina a few weeks ago.
(g) I got a letter to see Gina in a few weeks.
(h) I began college last year. I'm going to graduate
in fwo more years. My sister is almost
f~shed with her education. She's going to
graduate in afow more months. She's going
to graduate in three more months.
.. .
- .-...--.-
ago and in.
-- -1---.
-;ed in time expressions with
A coupk of and a few are also commonly
used. A couple of means "two." A couple of
months ago = two months ago.
A few means "a small number, not a large
number." A few weeks ago = three, four, or five
weeks ago.
Frequently the word more is used in future time
expressions that begin with in.
EXERCISE 10: Complete the sentences, using information from your own life. Use the words
in italics. Use ago or in. Use numbers (one, two, three, ten, sixteen, etc.) or the
expressions a coup& of or ajew.
1. days We studied Chapter s a couole of davs aao/three davs aao/etc.
2. days We're going to finish this chapter ln a few more davs /
3. hours I ate breakfast
in three or four day5 / etc.
4. hours I'm going to eat lunch/dinner
5. minutes We finished Exercise 9