TIME CLAUSES

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Time clauses are used in English to demonstrate a period of time based on an action or event, similar to dependent clauses in conditional sentences. For example, I will cook dinner when I get home. ‘When I get home’ is a clause demonstrating a point in time, based on an action/event (the time that I get home), in place of a time such as I will cook dinner at 7pm. Time clauses are grammatical units that require subjects, verbs and objects, but they do not always use the same verb rules as the main clause.

What are time clauses?

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e.g. I will master English. I will complete every exercise in my textbook.I will master English after I complete every exercise in my textbook. When I master English, I will complete every exercise in my textbook.

Time clauses are started with adverbs or adverb phrases that show they represent a time (sometimes also functioning as subordinating conjunctions). These include when, after, until, as soon as, before. A clause that starts with an adverb of time like this is not usually a complete grammatical idea, as they work as subordinating conjunctions: When the sun sets, Although they have a subject, verb and object, none of these are complete ideas, as they simply point to a time The two clauses could be separate sentences without the adverb of time.

Time clauses rules

Time clauses only use different rules for future tenses; when talking about past or present events, you can generally use regular tenses.e.g. -Before we cook pies, we wash our hands. - He came home after he finished work. - She will meet me after it stops raining. (Not after it will stop raining.)

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