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Time Linkers

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    Practising Time linkers
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  • Finish your homework. Then you can go out. = You cannot go out...
    until you finish your homework.
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  • Finish your homework. Then you can go out. = You can go out...
    when you finish (have finished) your homework.
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  • He said goodbye to his children. Then he left. = He said goodbye to his children...
    before he left.
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  • We arrived late. Most of our friends had left. = Most of our friends had left...
    by the time we arrived.
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  • I left school. Then I came to work in this bank. = I’ve worked in this bank
    since I left school.
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  • We started to eat. The telephone rang immediately. = The telephone rang...
    as soon as we started to eat.
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  • I didn’t have my keys, so I couldn’t get in ……… Peter arrived.
    until
    by
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  • You can’t legally drive a car ………… you’re 16.
    by
    until
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  • Tom needs his bike next weekend, so I’ll give it back to him ……… Friday.
    by
    until
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  • We went on walking ………… the sun had set.
    by
    until
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  • If we don’t pay all the money we owe to the electricity company ……… the end of this month, our power supply will be cut off.
    until
    by
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  • I found some old magazines _____ I was tidying my old room recently.
    during
    meanwhile
    while
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  • I was looking for my keys. _____ my sister had found them and she was looking for me.
    By the time
    As soon as
    Meanwhile
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  • Many important discoveries were made _____ the 18th century.
    during
    while
    by the time
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  • 4. Mike and Linda met _____ they were both working at Unilever.
    meanwhile
    while
    during
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  • We spent hours driving there, but _____ we arrived, the concert was nearly finished.
    by the time
    until
    by
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