matrix philosophy paper

TIME CLAUSES
Linking words: After, as , as long as, as soon as, just as , once, since, before, by the time, when, while, until/till, whenever, the moment (that), every time, the first time, the next time, the last time..

Time clauses follow the rule of the sequence of tenses Verb main clause--- present/future simple --- time clause present simple/present perfect Verb main clause--- past tense --------- time clause past tense

I’ll stay in the office until I finish the project. When he was in Washington, he met the President.
When the time clause precedes the main clause, a comma is used.
WILL is never used in time clauses. (NO: after I will tidy)

Rewrite the following sentences
1. Jack left the office before I arrived there.
When I ……………………………….
2. During dinner, the phone rang.
While ………………
3. This is my first visit to Scotland.
This is the first time ………………….
4. Is that bicycle hers?
Do …………………………
Does …………………………….
5. I haven’t been to the cinema for two months.
The last time……………….
I ……………………………..
6. When Sylvia gets to school, I will tell the head of studies immediately.
I will tell ………………………
7. Eleven o’clock is the latest you can come home.
You must ……………….
8. I am fifteen years old.
(ago) ……………………..
9. We visited the Greek island of Milos and then we took a ferry to Sifnos.
After………….
10. He started waiting for the bus at 9.00 and it finally arrived at 11.30.
(before)…………
11. He began his ball-pen collection in 2001.
(since)………….
12. Bill had no money at the end of his holiday.
By ……………………
13. The tourists from Spain arrived in Cambridge a month ago.
The tourists ……………..
14. When did you get your diploma?
How long…………..
15. Could you pass me the salt?
(mind) ……………….
16. We heard the fire-engines go by as we were having lunch.
During ……………….