Adverbial clauses of time

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1. Adverbial clauses of time
2. An adverb clause of time shows when
3. 1) We prefer as(rather than when) to
4. 1) … to introduce a clause which
5. 1) We use before or after to
6. When we say that one event happened
7. …all adverb clauses are subordinate clauses. They
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An adverb clause of time shows when something happens. It is usually introduced by time adverbs. Before after as when while

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Слайд 1Adverbial clauses of time

Слайд 2An adverb clause of time shows when something happens. It

is usually introduced by time adverbs. Before after

as when while until as soon as hardly scarcely no sooner…

An adverb clause of time shows when something happens. It is usually introduced by time adverbs.

Слайд 31) We prefer as(rather than when) to say that when

one thing changes, another thing changes at the same time

/As the chees matures, its flavour improves./
2) We prefer while or as (rather then when) to talk about two longer actions that go on at the same time(while use in informal speech) /I went shopping while(as) Liam cleaned the house./
3) We use while or when (rather than as) to avoid ambiguiy when ‘as’ could mean ‘because ’ /While you wre playing golf, I went to the cinema./

AS, WHEN, WHILE

1) We prefer as(rather than when) to say that when one thing changes, another thing changes at

Слайд 41) … to introduce a clause which talks about an

event that take place at the same time as some

longer event /They were playing in the garden, when they herd a scream./
2) … to mean “every time” / I still feel tired when I wake up in the morning./
3) … if one event happens immediately after another /When the lights went out, I lit some candles./

We use WHEN…

1) … to introduce a clause which talks about an event that take place at the same

Слайд 51) We use before or after to talk about an

event happening earlier than another event /I put on my

coat before I went out./
2) We use until and before when a situation continues to happen up to a time indicated in the adverbial clause /I had to wait six weeks until/before the parcel arrived./
3) We use until to talk about an action that continues to a particular time and than stops / They sat on the beach until the sun sank below the horizon./
4) We use until to describe the result of an action in the main clause /He cleaned his shoes until they shone./

BEFORE, AFTER and UNTIL

1) We use before or after to talk about an event happening earlier than another event /I

Слайд 6When we say that one event happened immediately after another

we can use sentences with hardly, no sooner, scarcely. After

hardly and scarcely the second clause begins with when or before; after no sooner it begins with than or when
/The concert had hardly begun before all the lights went out./
/I had no sooner lit the barbecue than/when it started to rain./

HARDLY, NO SOONER, SCARCELY

When we say that one event happened immediately after another we can use sentences with hardly, no

Слайд 7…all adverb clauses are subordinate clauses. They cannot stand on

their own and must be attached to an independent clause.
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An adverb clause of time can come before or after the main clause. When it comes before the main clause, we usually separate it with a comma. Commas are not necessary when the adverb clause goes after the main clause.
… If you are talking about something that is yet to happen in the future, use a present tense in the adverb clause and a future tense in the main clause.

Note that …