interchange 3 U-11B

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Practice time clauses: learn to use subordinating conjunctions.

A subordinating conjunction is a word or phrase that links a dependent clause to an independent clause. This word or phrase indicates that a clause has informative value to add to the sentence's main idea, signaling a cause-and-effect relationship or a shift in time and place between the two clauses.

Before I had my first job.....

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Before I had my first job.....

• All clasues require a subject and a verb.

• A time clause is dependent clause. It can't stand alone; it must be connected to a main clause.

• The time clause can come before or after the main clause.

• When the time clause comes before the main clause, a comma separates the two clauses.

Open Ended

Read the text on the picture and choose 3-time clauses, then write them here. (Only the time clauses)

Listen and pay attention to intonation!

once/as soon as

• When one event happens, another event happens soon afterward.

• EX:

• Once Sarah learned a little Spanish, she was able to talk to her neighbors, the Delgados

• As soon as you're hired for your first job, you feel more confident.

the moment

• A particular point of time when two events happen together.

• Example:

• The moment John got married, he felt like an adult.

• 
  

Until

• To that time and then no longer.

• Example:

• Until I met Donna, I hadn't known what friendship was.

by the time

• One event is completed before another event.

• Example:

• By the time I graduated, I had already found a good job.

• (This shows that 2 events occurred in the past, but meaning Donna (action#1) happened before knowing what friendship was(action#2).)

Your turn!

Open Ended

Write one sentence using one of the time clauses from before?

Multiple Choice

Give Chris this letter _______________ you see him

• yes

• no

• as soon as

• when

Multiple Choice

He came home _________ he finished work.

• until

• after

• no

• yes

Multiple Choice

___________ we cooked pies, we wash our hands.

• before

• until

• no

Multiple Choice

I will stay here _______ it gets warmer

• when

• until

• before

• yes

Multiple Choice

We'll go swimming __________________ school is over.

• as soon as

• is

• no

Open Ended

What do you do when your family hosts a party?

When my family hosts a party, I___

Multiple Choice

__________I arrived home, I called my parents.

• no

• While

• until

• As soon as

Multiple Choice

Will you wait here ...................................... I am ready?

• When

• As soon as

• Until

Multiple Choice

I won't take the pie out of the oven ... it is ready.

• as soon as

• until

• after

Multiple Choice

My dad will call you ... he finishes his dinner.

• by the time

• until

• as soon as

Multiple Choice

9.What words(conjunctions) are used to form time clauses?

• so, because, when

• after, before, until

• and, but, or

Multiple Choice

8.Which is a time clause?

• She has to pay

• Before the woman finishes the book

Fill in the Blanks

6.I enjoy talking to the audience

the show is over.

Multiple Choice

2.You need to prepare for weeks___you sing in public.

• before

• after

• when