Adverbial Clauses of time

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THẠNH HÓA High School
12C3
APRIL 15th, 2015
Adverbial clauses of time
Period 107:
PRACTICE
AFTER / BEFORE
Future tense is not used in this adverb clause.
After she graduates, she will get a job.

Sue had left before Jim came.
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
I haven’t seen him since he left this morning.
I’ve known her ever since I was a child.
Until / Till
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.
Whenever / Every time
Whenever I see her, I say hello.






Every time I see her, I say hello.
- S + have + p.p.+ + S + V2
S+had+ p.p.+ + S + V2
- S + V2 + S+ had + p.p.
- +had + S + p.p.+ + S + V2
- +had + S + p.p.+ + S + V2
* Don’t use future tenses in clauses of time.

SEQUENCE OF TENSES
since
by the time/before
after
No sooner
than
Hardly
when
Task 1:
Choose the best answer in each sentence
PRACTICE
Question 1
GROUP B
GROUP A
200
Question 2
Question 14
Question 16
Question 3
Question 4
Question 5
Question 6
Question 7
Question 8
Question 9
Question 10
Question 13
Question 15
Question 11
Question 12
Question 17
Question 18
Question 19
Question 20
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Question 1
C.
B. is
1. Lan has learnt English since she _________a small girl.
D. had been
A. was
C. has been
Congratulation
Oh. I’m sorry!
Question 2
C.
B. will come
2. Don’t go anywhere until I _______ back
D. am coming
A. came
C. come
Congratulation
Oh. I’m sorry!
Question 3
C.
B. discovering /
had used
3. Before cars ____, people ____ horses and bicycles.
D. were discovered /
had used
discovered /
had used
C. had discovered /
used
Congratulation
Oh. I’m sorry!
Question 4
C.
B. is ending
4. I am going to speak with the boss when the meeting ______.
D. would end
A. will end
C. ends
Congratulation
Oh. I’m sorry!
Question 5
C.
B. see
5. When we _____him tomorrow, we will remind him of that.
D. saw
A. will see
C. am seeing
Congratulation
Oh. I’m sorry!
Question 6
C.
B. tell
6. When he comes, I ______him
the news
D. would have told
will tell
C. would tell
Congratulation
Oh. I’m sorry!
Question 7
C.
B. fought
7. When the police came, they ___.
D. were fighting
A. are fighting
C. would be fighting
Congratulation
Oh. I’m sorry!
Question 8
C.
B. had studied
8. Before she came to England, she ______ English.
D. was studying
A. studied
C. will study
Congratulation
Oh. I’m sorry!
Question 9
C.
B. as soon as
9. I have lost touch with him ____ he left for London.
D. before
since
C. after
Congratulation
Oh. I’m sorry!
Question 10
C.
B. When he
returns
10. __________, I will give him the report.
D. No sooner he returns
A. When he will return
C. Until he will return
Congratulation
Oh. I’m sorry!
Question 11
C.
B. when we are
fishing
11. We saw many beautiful birds ________ in the lake.
D. fishing
A. while fishing
C. while fished
Congratulation
Oh. I’m sorry!
Question 12
C.
B. While having
dinner
12. ______, Peter came to see me.
D. When I am having dinner
While I was having dinner
C. When having
dinner
Congratulation
Oh. I’m sorry!
Question 13
C.
B. Finished
13. ______ my homework, I went to bed.
D. After I had
finished
A. After finishing
C. After had
finished
Congratulation
Oh. I’m sorry!
Question 14
C.
B. Before he
leaves
14. _______ the dance, Jerry said good-bye to his girlfriend.
Before he
will leave
Before left
C. Before leaving
Congratulation
Oh. I’m sorry!
Question 15
C.
B. has spoken/
will have eaten
15. Jones _______ after everyone __________.
D. will speak /
has eaten
speaks /
will eat
C. is speaking /
eats
Congratulation
Oh. I’m sorry!
Question 16
C.
Whenever it
rains
16. _______, Joe stays in bed and reads magazines.
D. As it will be
raining
Whenever
raining
C. When it will
rain
Congratulation
Oh. I’m sorry!
Question 17
C.
B. No sooner
had he arrived
17. ________in Rome than he was kidnapped
D. No sooner he had arrived
No sooner he arrived
C. Had he no sooner arrived
Congratulation
Oh. I’m sorry!
Question 18
C.
B. would open
18. Mrs. Pike _______ the door before the customers arrived.
D. had opened
will open
C. has opened
Congratulation
Oh. I’m sorry!
Question 19
C.
B. was finishing /
would take
19. After Mariana ____her exam, I _________ her out to eat.
D. will finish /
have taken
has finished /
will take
C. finished /
had taken
Congratulation
Oh. I’m sorry!
Question 20
C.
B. until her boss
will return
20. Mary will have finished all her work __________.
D. by the time her boss returns
as soon as her boss retuned
C. when her boss
will return
Congratulation
Oh. I’m sorry!
FURTHER PRACTICE
Task 2:
Find out and correct the mistake in each sentence
She learns German for two years.
A B C D

(for + duration of time  present perfect)

2. At 5 o’clock yesterday evening, I am ironing my clothes.
A B C D

(at + time + yesterday  past progressive)
 B. has learned
D. was ironing
3. No sooner she had entered the room than she left
A B C
the presence of somebody else.
D
(No sooner + had + S + p.p)
 A. had she
4. It’s obvious that neither the teacher nor the
A B C
students is responsible for it.
D
D. are
(neither + S1 + nor + S2 + V : V depends on S2)
5. The last time I see him was in 2006.
A B C D
B. saw
(Changing tense: The last time + S + V2 + was + )
6. After Mrs. Wang had returned to her house
A B
from work, she was cooking dinner.
C D
(S + V2 after + S+ had + p.p)
7. Linda has worn her new yellow dress only once
A B C
since she buys it.
D
(since + S + V2)
8. When my cat heard a noise in the bushes, she
A
stopped moving and listens intently.
B C D

( 2 verbs are combined with conjunction “and”)
 D. cooked
 D. bought
C. listened
9. The police arrested the man while he is having
A B C
dinner in a restaurant.
D
C. was having
(Sequence of tense)

10. Peter and Wendy first met in 2006, and they are
A B C
married for three years now.
D
C. have been
(for + duration of time  present perfect)
Goodbye!
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