TIME CLAUSES

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.

1.       I (stay)________ here till Tom (get)_________ back.

2.       The sooner we (start)_________, the sooner we (get)__________ there.

3.       I (wait)_________ as long as you (like)_____________.

4.       I’m glad you (learn)___________ French. When you (know)___________ French I
(give)____________ you the money to study at the Sorbonne.

5.       By the time you (achieve)_________ your qualification, you (be)_________ an adaptable
graduate with a range of transferable skills that are highly valued in the labour market.

6.       I (call)__________ you when I (finish)__________ writing this report, not earlier.

7.       The house (not be)__________ entirely yours until you (pay)__________ off the mortgage.

8.       I’ll take the journal with me. I (read)__________ it while I (wait)__________ for the bus.

9.       The students worked slowly for they (know)___________ that as soon as they
(finish)__________one exercise the teacher would tell them to do the next.

10.   He said he would give me a ring as soon as he (reach)__________ Paris.


Source: adapted from Thomson, A.J. & A.V. Martinet 1990 A Practical English Grammar OUP