a) Choose and circle the correct time conjunction in each sentence.

1. I burnt my hand 2. Mr. Parker sits by 3. My grandfather 4. Don´t worry

_____ I was cooking the window ____ he wants to work in the because I´ll call you
dinner. eats in that factory ___ he is 65. ____ I get home.
restaurant.
a) while a) as a) as soon as
a) since
b) as soon b) until b) whenever
b) whenever

5. Peter has been 6. ___ Sue´s brother 7. The home team 8. We sheltered in a
keen of fishing ____ left school, he was winning ____ café ___ the rain has
he was a kid. started working in a the goalkeeper stopped.
bank. made a fatal
a) before mistake. a) as
a) Whenever a) until
b) since b) since b) until
b) after

b) Make time clauses from the following segments of words by using the time conjunction in brackets. You may
need to have some words (articles, pronouns, prepositions). The first sentence as been done for you as an example.

1. Mark / leave/ hospital / feel better (as soon as) - Marl will leave the hospital as soon as he feels better.

2. Martha / graduate/ get/ job / as / shop manager _______________________________________

3. My father / be / in politics / be / university. ___________________________________________________

4. Police / arrest/ robber/call for / ambulance.( after) ______________________________________________

5. I / leave/ flat/ mother/ come/ home/ from work (as) ____________________________________________

6. We / not start/ dinner/ Lucy/ come / home ( until) _____________________________________________

7. Julia / complain/ headaches / car accident / two weeks ago (ever since). ____________________________
 a) Choose and circle the correct time conjunction in each sentence.

1. I burnt my hand 2. Mr. Parker sits by 3. My grandfather 4. Don´t worry

_____ I was cooking the window ____ he wants to work in the because I´ll call you
dinner. eats in that factory ___ he is 65. ____ I get home.
restaurant.
a) while a) as a) as soon as
a) since
b) as soon b) until b) whenever
b) whenever

5. Peter has been 6. ___ Sue´s brother 7. The home team 8. We sheltered in a
keen of fishing ____ left school, he was winning ____ café ___ the rain has
he was a kid. started working in a the goalkeeper stopped.
bank. made a fatal
a) before mistake. a) as
a) Whenever a) until
b) since b) since b) until
b) after

b) Make time clauses from the following segments of words by using the time conjunction in brackets. You may need
to have some words (articles, pronouns, prepositions). The first sentence as been done for you as an example.

1. Mark / leave/ hospital / feel better (as soon as) - Marl will leave the hospital as soon as he feels better.

2. Martha / graduate/ get/ job / as / shop manager _______________________________________

3. My father / be / in politics / be / university. ___________________________________________________

4. Police / arrest/ robber/call for / ambulance.( after) ______________________________________________

5. I / leave/ flat/ mother/ come/ home/ from work (as) ____________________________________________

6. We / not start/ dinner/ Lucy/ come / home ( until) _____________________________________________

7. Julia / complain/ headaches / car accident / two weeks ago (ever since). ____________________________
Answer Key:

1. while

2. whenever

3. until

4. as soon as

5. since

6. after

7. until

8. Until

B Suggested answers:

2. When Martha graduates,she will get a job as a shop manager.

3. My father has been in politics since he was in at university.

4. After the police arrested the robber, they called for an ambulance.

5. As I was leaving the flat my mother came from work

6. We won´t start dinner until Lucy comes home.

7. Julia has been complaining of headaches ever since the car accident two weeks ago.