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• Pedro Miguel Pires

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TIME CLAUSES: WHEN, AS SOON AS, UNTIL

To refer to the future

Future clause + time expression + Present Simple

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We´ll give you your present when you finish your homework.

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I wont go to bed until I finish my book.

A) Write sentences about the future with when.

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I / drink / some water / I / get home

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We / know / the truth / we / talk / to her

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She / not work / she / be / on holiday

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We / open / the present / Dad / come

To refer to the past

Past Clause + time expression + Past Simple

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They went out as soon as it stopped raining.

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We didn´t go shopping until we got some money.

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B) Match the sentences:

1. She started to run when

a) It began to rain

2. We stopped playing football when

b) He saw her.

3. They didn´t talk to her until

c) You´ve finished your homework

4. He fell in love with her as soon as

d) She saw the big dog

5. You won´t go out until

e) You go to town centre.

C) Write sentences about the past with the correct form of the verbs. •

The athletes ___________ ( start) to run when they ___________ (hear) a gun

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When they ___________ (leave) the stadium, it ___________ (begin) to rain.

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They ___________ (not begin) the match until I ___________ (arrive).

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We ___________ (remember) to post the letter as soon as we ___________ (go) out.

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Mark ___________ (not eat) anything until he ___________ (get) home.

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As soon as she ___________ (hot) the ball, she ___________ (realize) her mistake.