A2+ 2B Vocabulary Past Time Expressions

His grandfather founded this company almost a century ______ and it is still one of the biggest ones.

Because hotel prices are lower at the end of the summer, we went on holiday in the ______ week of August.

My mother bought me a pretty doll ______ my 8th birthday and I still keep it in my room.

It was 4 a.m. ______ I finished the project, so I feel so tired.

I stayed in the garden ______ it got dark. I sat there for 4 hours and listened to the nature.

He worked ______ midnight and fell asleep in his office.

• when
• in
• until
• on

The crowd started to move apart ______ the sun went down.

• last
• when
• in
• on

It all started ______ 8th March,1857 at a textile factory in New York.

• at
• in
• on
• until

All the files got lost in that huge fire ______ 2012 and we still don't know the reason of it.

• on
• until
• ago
• in

The negotiation started three days ______ and finally we learnt that they compromised this morning.

• soon
• last
• then
• ago