Adverb Clause of Time

Adverb Time Clauses
Adverb Clauses
Adverb clause = dependent clause.
Main clause = independent clause.
Ex. When the phone rang, the baby woke up.
Adverb Clauses and Tenses
EXAMPLES
After I finish my homework, I’ll cook dinner.
By he is 26, he will have been a doctor.
When the winter comes, it becomes cold.
When he comes, we are eating lunch.
She has been here since she was 8.
Hardly did I arrive when the performance ended.
At the moment he walked outside, it was raining cats and dogs.
After he had graduated university, he worked for a big company.
AFTER
Future tense is not used in this adverb clause.
After she graduates, she will get a job.

I will leave before he comes.
WHEN
When I arrived, he was talking on the phone.






When I see him tomorrow, I will ask him.
WHILE, AS
During that time.
* Adverb clause is in past progressive.
While I was walking home, it began to rain.





As I was walking home, it began to rain.
By the time
By the time he arrived, we had already left.
By the time he comes, we will have already left.
Since
From that time to the present
The present perfect is used in the main clause.
I haven’t seen him since he left this morning.

I’ve known her ever since I was a child.
Until
We stayed there until we finished our lesson.
We stayed there till we finished our lesson.
As soon as
Once
As soon as it starts raining, we will leave.





Once I have a chance, I will throw you an ice ball.
As long as
From the Beginning to the end.
I will never speak to him as long as I live.
I will never speak to him so long as I live.
Whenever
Every time
Whenever I see her, I say hello.






Every time I see her, I say hello.
The first time, the second time…
The first time that I went to New York, I went to an opera.

I saw two plays the last time (that) I went to New York.

The next time (that) I go to New York, I’m going to see a ballet.