Adverb Time Clauses

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Adverb Time Clauses
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Adverb Clauses

• Adverb clause dependent clause.
• Ex. When the phone rang.
• Main clause independent clause.
• Ex. The baby woke up.

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Adverb Clauses and Tenses
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AFTER

• Future tense is not used in this adverb clause.
• After she graduates, she will get a job.
• I will leave before he comes.

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WHEN

• When I arrived, he was talking on the phone.
• When I see him tomorrow, I will ask him.

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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.

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By the time

• By the time he arrived, we had already left.
• By the time he comes, we will have already left.

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Since

• From that time to the present
• The present perfect is used in the main clause.
• I havent seen him since he left this morning.
• Ive known her ever since I was a child.

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Until

• We stayed there until we finished our lesson.
• We stayed there till we finished our lesson.

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As soon asOnce

• As soon as it starts raining, we will leave.
• Once I have a chance, I will throw you an ice
  ball.

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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.

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WheneverEvery time

• Whenever I see her, I say hello.
• Every time I see her, I say hello.

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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, Im going
  to see a ballet.