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Fill in the gaps with the correct linking word or phrase.

After, as long as, as soon as, by the time, for, just as, since, until, when, while.

1. I used to play football when I was in college.

2. You can borrow this book for as long as you like.

3. The doorbell rang while I was having a shower.

4. You can't watch the football game until you have finished your homework.

5. The concert had already started by the time Sam arrived.

6. We have been waiting at the bus stop since four o'clock.

7. Just as he had sat down to eat, the telephone started ringing.

8. Jimmy will start working in his father's company after he has graduated from college.

9. Monica has been living in France for Ten years.

10. As soon as he entered the classroom he turned off his mobile phone.
Choose the best words for the gaps in the sentences below.
Although, as soon as, because, before, in case, in spite of, so that, unless, until,
while.

1.-Promise me that you will phone me as soon as you get to the airport.
2.-"I'll take some money with me just in case I see something I want to buy."
3.- Jen promised to look after Harriet's cat while she was on holiday.
4.- I set the alarm for 6.30 in the morning so that I wouldn't miss the train.
5.- We waited at the platform until the train had disappeared into the distance.
6.- You mustn't forget to lock the door before leaving the house in the morning.
7.- He was so tired because he had stayed up late to watch the football match.
8.- unless you stop eating so much chocolate you won't be able to fit into your
bikini!
9.- He didn't come home until past midnight although he had promised that he
would be in by 9pm.
10.- He decided to buy a new car in spite of having lost his job the previous month.

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