LANGUAGE SUMMARY
Using adverb clauses to show time relationships:
sau (a) After she Graduates, She Will get a job.
(b) After she (had) graduated, got a job SHE
A present tense, not future tense a
is used in an adverb clause of
time. Notice example (b) and (d).
trước (c) I will leave all before he Comes.
(d) I (had) left all before he came.
khi (e) When I Arrived, he was talking on the phone.
(f ) When I got there, he had already left.
(g) When it Began to rain, I stood under a tree.
(h) When I was in Chicago, I Visited the museum.
(i) When I see him tomorrow, I will ask him.
When at that time =
(notice the khác time
relationship Expressed by the
tenses)
While
As
(j) While I was walking home, it Began to rain.
(k) As I was walking home, it Began to rain.
While, as = khi có time
By the time (l) By the time he Arrived, We had already left.
(m) By the time he Comes, We will already have left.
By the time = one event is
completed is before another event .
(notice the use of the past perfect
and future perfect in the main
clause)
Since (n) I haven "t seen him since he left this morning. Since = from mà time to the
present. (Notice the present
perfect is used in the main clause)
Until
till
(o) We stayed off until chúng finished our work there.
(p) We stayed there till chúng our finished work.
Until, till time and bolt có = to
no longer ( chính till is used in
speaking thay writing)
As soon as
Once
(q) As soon as it stops raining, We will leave.
(r) Once it stops raining, We will leave.
As soon as, once = khi one
event Happens , another event
soon Afterwards Happens.
As Long as
So long as
(s) I will never speak to him again as Long as I live.
(t) I will never speak to him again so long as I live
As soon as, so long as = khi
all that time, from beginning to
end.
Whenever
Every time
(u) Whenever I see the her, I say hello.
(v) Every time I see the her, I say hello.
Whenever = every time
The first time
The last time
The next time
(w) The first time I Went to New York, I Went to an opera.
(x) I saw two plays The Last Time I Went to New York.
(y) The next time I go to New York, I 'm going to see a
ballet.
Adverb clauses can be introduced
by những:
first
The second time
third
last
next 15 Further PRACTICE A. Complete những. Pay attention to verb tenses. 1. Last night I Went to bed after I _________ my homework. 2. Tonight I will go to my bed after I ______________ homework. 3. Ever since I was a child, I _________ afraid of dogs. 4. Jane 's contact lens popped out while SHE basketball. 5. Be sure to đọc lại bảng của composition for errors Before You __________ it in to the teacher tomorrow. 6. By the time I left my apartment this morning, the mail carrier _____ the mail. 7. I have known Jim since he ___________ Bates ten years old. 8. A black cat ran across the road as I ____________ my car to work this morning. 9. By the time I leave this city, I ___________ here for four months. 10. Whenever Mark __________ angry, his nose gets red. 11. I __________ to the beach whenever the weather was fine, but now I don "t have time to do that I have to study vì. 12. We will have a big party khi _____________. 13. The next time I _________ to Hawaii, I "m going to visit Mauna Loa, the largest volcano world. 14. I had fried chicken the last time I ___________ at that restaurant. B. Complete những câu. Punctuate carefully. Pay attention to verb tense usage. 1. Just as I was falling asleep last night .......................................... .................... 2. I "ll help you with your Flickr homework as soon as I ...................................... ......... 3. .................................................. As Long as I Live ... 4. Just the before I ............................................... ................. 5. The last time I .............................................. ............... 6. I had already ................................. khi ............. ......... 7. Whenever ................................................. ................... 8. I will be here off until I ............................................ .......... --- o0o ---
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