Let me

think
about it!

Time Clauses are introduced with one of TimeMain ClauseTime ClausePresent

the following time conjunctions: or
beforeafter as long as as soon Future
as by the time by till/until Imperative
whileaswhennow that or
wheneverno sooner… Future Simple Present
thanthe minute/ or
moment (that) Present Perfect
Simple

Past Past
(Simple/Continuous)
or
Past Perfect
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct
Simple Past tense.
1.I will send you an e-mail as soon as I………………(get)
(Simple/Continuous)to Madrid.
2.Drop by whenever you…………….(feel) likeor it.
3.She went to bed after she…………………(put) everything away.
Past Perfect
4.They stopped talking the moment I………………(come)
Simple in.
5.We’ll go on holidays as long as my mother………….(agree)
to look after the kids.
6.He……………no sooner……………(close) the door than the alarm went of
7.You can help me now that you……………..(be) here.
8.Don’t forget to shut the windows before you………………(leave).
9.The children will not play in the garden until it……………(stop) raining.
10.She was cleaning while he……………….(fix) their son’s bike.
11.They had left by the time she………………..(wake) up.
12.They were having fun while their mother…………………..
(watch) them.
13.He had already finished his homework when his friends
………………(call) him.
14.Tell Jane to be ready at 8.00 as soon as you………….
(see) her.
15.By the time dinner……………..(be) cooked, I felt really exhausted.
16.John quit his job after he…………………(find) a better one.
17.Peter waited until his parents…………….(go) out before he………….
(turn) up the volume of his CD player.
18.It makes me feel angry whenever I……………..(hear) about him.
19.The washing machine will continue making that noise
until we…………… (get) someone to fix it.
20.They had carved the pumpkin by the time
the guests…………..(arrive).
21.She will buy a bigger house as soon as the bank…………..
(give) her the loan.
22.As she…………………(walk) down the street a man attacked her.
23.It took me a long time before I………………..(realize) how simple the
solution to the problem was.
 Let me
think
about it!

Time Clauses are introduced with one of TimeMain ClauseTime ClausePresent

the following time conjunctions: or
beforeafter as long as as soon Future
as by the time by till/until Imperative
whileaswhennow that or
wheneverno sooner… Future Simple Present
thanthe minute/ or
moment (that) Present Perfect
Simple

Past Past
(Simple/Continuous)
or
Past Perfect
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct
Simple Past tense.
1.I will send you an e-mail as soon as I………………(get)
(Simple/Continuous)to Madrid.
2.Drop by whenever you…………….(feel) likeor it.
3.She went to bed after she…………………(put) everything away.
Past Perfect
4.They stopped talking the moment I………………(come)
Simple in.
5.We’ll go on holidays as long as my mother………….(agree)
to look after the kids.
6.He……………no sooner……………(close) the door than the alarm went of
7.You can help me now that you……………..(be) here.
8.Don’t forget to shut the windows before you………………(leave).
9.The children will not play in the garden until it……………(stop) raining.
10.She was cleaning while he……………….(fix) their son’s bike.
11.They had left by the time she………………..(wake) up.
12.They were having fun while their mother…………………..
(watch) them.
13.He had already finished his homework when his friends
………………(call) him.
14.Tell Jane to be ready at 8.00 as soon as you………….
(see) her.
15.By the time dinner……………..(be) cooked, I felt really exhausted.
16.John quit his job after he…………………(find) a better one.
17.Peter waited until his parents…………….(go) out before he………….
(turn) up the volume of his CD player.
18.It makes me feel angry whenever I……………..(hear) about him.
19.The washing machine will continue making that noise
until we…………… (get) someone to fix it.
20.They had carved the pumpkin by the time
the guests…………..(arrive).
21.She will buy a bigger house as soon as the bank…………..
(give) her the loan.
22.As she…………………(walk) down the street a man attacked her.
23.It took me a long time before I………………..(realize) how simple the
solution to the problem was.
Key
1.get
2.feel
3.had put
4.came
5.agrees
6.had closed
7.are
8.leave
9.stops
10.was fixing
11.woke
12.was watching
13.called
14.see
15.was
16.had found
17.had gone,turned
18.hear
19.get
20.arrived
21.gives
22.was walking
23.realised