ADVERBIAL CLAUSES

12-Anna shouted at Peter. He said he was sorry.(when)

REWRITE THE SENTENCES WITH THE WORDS GIVEN IN

BRACKETS.

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1-Nicola had saved up her money. She went shopping.

(before)

13-Colleen broke her arm. Then she went to the

hospital. (after)

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2-She had finished talking on the phone .They had a

meeting. (after)

14-Jenny booked two tickets. He took Lisa to the

theatre. (before)

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3-They built their house in the village. They moved out

of the city. (As soon as)

15--The teacher had finished the lesson. Then Billy

arrived. (by the time)

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16- The bathroom window broke I was having a

shower (while)

4-Michael took a deep breath and dived into the water.

(after)

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17-they were waiting for the taxi, Rod offered to give

them a lift. (As)

5-Sue had left her house before we arrived. (after)

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6-She put the cake in the oven. She phoned the dentist
to say she would be late.(when)
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7-She waited for half an hour. She took the cake out of
the oven. (before)
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8-Her mobile phone was ringing. She left the house.
(As)
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18-The concert started. We arrived the concert hall.

(just as)

19-They cleaned the house. They got tired. (until)

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20- I saw Kim. I asked her over for dinner(when)

21- He stayed at home . It stopped snowing (until)

9-Peter came home and he found the cake. (after)

22-I had cleaned all the house. The guest arrived then.
(by the time)

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10-He had eaten one piece of cake. He ate another and

another and another!(after)

23. I turned on the television. The electricity went off.

(as soon as)

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11-Anna came home an hour later. Peter had eaten
most of the cake. (by the time)
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24. Everbody stopped talking. I had entered the room.

(as soon as)
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