Adverbial clauses of time Flashcards
As, When and While are used to mean “during the time that”,
We use WHEN, not as or while:
-one event takes place at the same time of another long event.
- describe the circumstances that the event in main clause happened.
- when mean “every time” and it is used to past time in our lives.
- if one event causes another.
As/When/While Miguel was eating, the doorbell rang.
They were playing in the garden when they heard a scream.
When they are fully grown these snakes can be over two meters long.
I still feel tired when I wake up in the morning. (every time).
His mother called him Robbie when he was a baby. (past time).
You will see my house when you cross the bridge.
When the lights went out, I lit some candles.
We prefer AS to say that when one thing changes, the other changes too.
We prefer WHILE or AS to say that two actions happen at the same time.
We prefer WHILE or WHEN to avoid ambiguity, AS mean because.
As the cheese matures, its flavor improves.
I went shopping while Lean cleaned the house.
While you were playing golf, I went to the cinema. (As you were playing golf….mean because).
Hardly, no sooner, scarcely, is used to say that one event happened immediately after another. They are used with Past Perfect.
After hardly, scarcely, the second clause starts with when/before.
After no sooner, it begins with than/when.
The concert had hardly begun before all the lights went out.
I had no sooner lit the barbecue than/when it started to rain.
