Linking words: time

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Linking words
Time

Take a look at the following example:

We went home after chatting with Anne and Sam.

After is a linking word of time.

It is used to describe an action that happened after

another.
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Time

Before and after are used to indicate the order of events.

Before leaving the cinema, I phoned home.

After we had left the cinema, we went for a drink.

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Time
As soon as, when and once are used to indicate that an action
happened immediately after another.

As soon as we heard about the storm, we called our parents.

We called our parents when we heard about the storm.

Once we heard about the storm, we called our parents.

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Time
When, until, while and during are used to indicate that an
event took place in a given period of time.

I met Emma Stone when I was at the conference.

She lived in New York, until last year.

I met Emma Stone while she was on holiday.

I met her during her bike trip.

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Time
While and as are used to indicate that an action happened at
the same time as another.

Paul arrived as we were leaving.

We were watching TV while Mary was cooking dinner.

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Time

Since is used to indicate the point in time when a continuous

action or state began.

I’ve been vegan since 2018.

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Fill in the gaps with an appropriate linking word.

a) Tom was doing the dishes ______________

while I was sweeping the floor.
As soon as
b) ______________ as she gets here, I will tell her about my vegan lifestyle.
c) I went to the grocer’s ___________
after I finished my checklist.
d) I stayed at home _____________
until it was dark.
e) ____________
When we were in Turkey, we tried many delicatessen.
f) We were vegetarian _______________
while we were growing up.
g) Mary waved at me ____________
once she saw me.
h) My sister wasn’t vegetarian _____________
until she became an adult.
i) I am vegan ______________
since 2017.
during
j) I met John __________________ a bus trip.
after
k) We became vegetarians __________ we saw a documentary about intensive farming.