Vocabulary exercise:  Time metaphors

Complete the sentences below using the correct form of the following words:

We have to hurry up: we’re ___________________ out of time.

Complete the sentences below using the correct form of the following words:

We haven’t got much time ___________________.

Complete the sentences below using the correct form of the following words:

 I think these long meetings are a total ___________________ of time.

Complete the sentences below using the correct form of the following words:

 Please stop ____________ my time with irrelevant questions!

Complete the sentences below using the correct form of the following words:

 It will ___________________ time if we all get a copy of the draft contract to study beforehand.

Complete the sentences below using the correct form of the following words:

 I’m sorry: I can’t see you today – I can’t ____________ the time.

Complete the sentences below using the correct form of the following words:

 The financial gains of the project aren’t _______________ the time it would take to prepare it.

Complete the sentences below using the correct form of the following words:

We’ve ___________________ so much time on this that we might as well finish it.

Complete the sentences below using the correct form of the following words:

This is urgent: we’ve got no time to ___________________.

Complete the sentences below using the correct form of the following words:

It’s a tricky thing to do properly. We need to _______________ more time and money to it

Complete the sentences below using the correct form of the following words:

 Please ___________________ me a bit more time to finish it. I promise it will work.

Complete the sentences below using the correct form of the following words:

Writing this report is going to ___________________ more time than I expected.