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Grammar 2.- Time connectors

Exercises:

I) Complete these sentences using the time connectors below:

while after when next

later before as

1- What were you doing _______________ I phoned you last night?

2- _______________ we rented a car, we drove to Bilbao.

3- The baby woke up while they were having lunch.

4- _______________ the thief came out of the museum , I saw a police car.

5- Yesterday I went to the bank, ______________ I had a swim,

______________ I met Frank for coffee.

6- We were playing tennis _______________ John hurt his ankle.

7- _______________ we were watching the news, the door bell rang.

8- _______________ it got dark, we went to sleep

9- Carol did her homework, _______________ she had a shower,

_______________ she had supper.

10- The stranger closed the door ________________ he locked it.

II) Make sentences joining a sentence from A with a sentence from B:

A B

After I got up, I bought myself a ring

She was reading the paper after the film ended

I was taking the rubbish out as she posed for the picture.

Before everybody said hello to her, I had breakfast

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We went home while he was downloading music.

When the shop had a big sale, the storm started

The pop star smiled when you phoned.

While we were having dinner, she said hello to them.

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2- _____________________________________________________________

3- _____________________________________________________________

4- _____________________________________________________________

5- _____________________________________________________________

6- _____________________________________________________________

7- _____________________________________________________________

8- _____________________________________________________________

III) Complete the text with the time connectors in the box.

suddenly while the next moment as

afterwards when then

It was raining very hard __________________ the bus left the school.

_________________ we got home, my mum and dad were waiting for us. They

told us to run into the basement.__________________, I looked up the road

and saw that a twister was coming towards our house. We all ran to the

shelter but it was too late. The twister was passing over us

__________________we were trying to get down the stairs. We were closing

the door __________________ the wind ___________________ pulled it off.

The noise was as loud as a train, and it was very dark. My dad was holding me

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down __________________ __________________ the twister lifted him and

threw him against a wall. __________________there was panic. Everybody

was screaming for help _________________the twister was throwing things

on top of us. _________________the wind stopped. It became very quiet.

_________________ I was OK, but my dad and brother were hurt. Fortunately,

we all survived.

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Grammar 2.- Time connectors

Exercises: Answer key

I)

1- What were you doing when I phoned you last night?

2- After we rented a car, we drove to Bilbao.

3- The baby woke up while they were having lunch.

4- As the thief came out of the museum, I saw a police car.

5- Yesterday I went to the bank, next I had a swim, later I met Frank for coffee.

6- We were playing tennis when John hurt his ankle.

7- While we were watching the news, the door bell rang.

8- When it got dark, we went to sleep

9- Carol did her homework, next she had a shower, later she had supper.

10- The stranger closed the door before he locked it.

II)

1- After I got up, I had breakfast.

2- She was reading the paper while he was downloading music.

3- I was taking the rubbish out when you phoned.

4- Before everybody said hello, to her she said hello to them.

5- We went home after the film ended.

6- When the shop had a big sale, I bought myself a ring.

7- The pop star smiled as she posed for the picture

8- While they were having dinner, the storm started.

III)

It was raining very hard when the bus left the school. As we got home, my mum

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and dad were waiting for us. They told us to run into the basement. Then, I

looked up the road and saw that a twister was coming towards our house. We

all ran to the shelter but it was too late. The twister was passing over us

while we were trying to get down the stairs. We were closing the door when the

wind suddenly pulled it off. The noise was as loud as a train, and it was very

dark. My dad was holding me down when suddenly the twister lifted him and

threw him against a wall. The next moment there was panic. Everybody was

screaming for help while the twister was throwing things on top of us.

Suddenly the wind stopped. It became very quiet. Afterwards I was OK, but

my dad and brother were hurt. Fortunately, we all survived.

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