FCE Time linkers

Before I LEAVE / I LEFT / I WAS LEAVING I spoke to Pablo.

UNTIL / WHENEVER we play football, he is sick.

I have been studying here DURING / FOR five years.

Inhar went home AS SOON AS / NOT LONG AFTER he played football.

Ander HADN´T GONE / WENT to bed until the film finished

Until this class, I DID / DIDN´T know how to use time linkers.

SPOT THE MISTAKE: I spoke to one of my friends during over half an hour on my mobile yesterday.

SPOT THE MISTAKE: I watched a little bit of televisión before of leaving the house this morning.

During SLEEP / SLEEPING we dream every 90 minutes.

ONCE / UNTIL Fabiola arrived, the party started.

SPOT THE MISTAKE: Last night I lay awake for more than half an hour after that I’d gone to bed.

SPOT THE MISTAKE: As soon as I was getting up this morning I had a shower.

SPOT THE MISTAKE: I will talk to you at end of class.

SPOT THE MISTAKE - At first had a good time, but then they got tired.

While Jenny TAUGHT / WAS TEACHING the class, the group made notes.

SPOT THE MISTAKE: I wasn’t paying very much attention whenever I was crossing the road this morning.

SPOT THE MISTAKE: It wasn’t until I have been studying English for about three years that I began to feel comfortable speaking it.

SPOT THE MISTAKE: Not long time after I started at this school I made lots of new friends.

SPOT THE MISTAKE: By the end the exam, their hands were tired from writing so much.