Present
tenses in time clauses
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Time words and phrases |
Example |
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when |
It‘ll be wonderful when scientists find/have found a cure for cancer. |
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as soon as |
Let me know as soon as your new computer arrives/ has arrived. |
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before |
It‘ll be several years before we send/have sent a manned mission to Mars. |
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after |
Let‘s go for a pizza after we go/have been to the natural history museum. |
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until / till |
The rocket won‘t be launched until they do/have done a final check. |
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while |
Think of me while you travel/are traveling to the Moon! |
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once |
We‘ll stop for petrol once we pass/have passed Cambridge. |
