This document discusses linking words that indicate time relationships between events. It provides examples of how words like after, before, as soon as, when, until, while, during, since are used to show the order or timing of events. It also includes an exercise asking the reader to fill in gaps in sentences with the appropriate linking word of time.
This document discusses linking words that indicate time relationships between events. It provides examples of how words like after, before, as soon as, when, until, while, during, since are used to show the order or timing of events. It also includes an exercise asking the reader to fill in gaps in sentences with the appropriate linking word of time.
This document discusses linking words that indicate time relationships between events. It provides examples of how words like after, before, as soon as, when, until, while, during, since are used to show the order or timing of events. It also includes an exercise asking the reader to fill in gaps in sentences with the appropriate linking word of time.
It is used to describe an action that happened after
another. Linking words 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.
Linking words 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.
Linking words 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.
Linking words 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.
Linking words Time
Since is used to indicate the point in time when a continuous
action or state began.
I’ve been vegan since 2018.
Linking words 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. after c) I went to the grocer’s ___________ 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.