MS 4 time clause worksheet

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Worksheet 7 Time Clause MS4 level
by : Mr.Samir Bounab
Yellowdaffodil66@gmail.com
 Good Luck 
Exercise A: Complete the sentences by putting
« when –before‐ after‐ as soon as ‐ until » into
the gaps. Sometimes more than one answer is
possible. <Adapted from OPG p57>
1‐ I will stay in this job …………………. I find a better
one
2‐ I am going to keep working ……………………… I
finish this.
3‐ Remember to buy some stamps ………………..you
are in the post .
4‐ ……………………….I speak to him on the phone
tonight, I will him.
5‐ I ‘ll keep looking for it ……………. I find it.
6‐ I will wait for them ………………….it gets dark,
and then I’ll leave.
7‐ ……………………………. I find the information, I
will phone you.
8‐ We will wait …………………….it stops raining , and
the we’ll go out.
9‐ Book a table ……………………….you go to the
restaurant. It’s often full.
10‐ Put in your application …….the closing date
arrives.
Exercise B: Complete the sentences using the present
simple or “will” form of the verbs in brackets ( ). <Adapted
from OPG p56>
 When you…………….(write) that letter, I ……………..(post) it
for you.
 I ……………(pay) the bill when I …………(borrow) some money
from somebody.
 After the plane…………(land), you …………(unfasten) your
safety belts.
 When you………….(check) all your answers, you ………………
.(hand ) in your question paper.
 I ……………..(read) this book when I ………(be) on holidays.
 When I ………….(read) this magazine, I ………(start) work.
 You ………..(feel) better when you…………(have) something to
eat.
 When the bell …………….(ring), you ………….(go) home.
 She …………..(be) pleased when she ……………(hear) the news.
Exercise C: Use the words in brackets ( ) to write
sentences using “will” and the “Present Simple”
<adapted from OPG p57>
1) (Tom / help/ us/ when / he / come/ home)
………………………………………………………………………………….
2) (I /buy/ the tickets/ before/ I /go/ to work)
………………………………………………………………………………….
3) (as soon as/ Henry / arrive/ ,/we/have
/something to eat/
………………………………………………………………………………….
4)(the play/start/ after/ the music/stop/
………………………………………………………………………………….
5) (he/ not /stop/until/he /finish/the /job/
………………………………………………………………………………….
6) (when /John/ get / here/,/ we/go/to the beach/
………………………………………………………………………………….
Exercise D: Put the verbs in brackets into the
correct tense, using the “future or present
simple”<adapted from Practical English Grammar Thomson
&Martinet>
Note:
1. When we (take)……………our exam, we’ll have a holiday.
2. When I (finish)………..the book, I’ll lend it to you.
3. When we (have) …………our injections, we’ll feel better.
4. When I (be) ………..here for 25 years, I’ll ask for a rise.
5. When Tom (go). …………I’ll tell you a secret.
6. When you (do)………….2000 miles , you can drive at
45m.p.h.
7. When you (open)………….the safe , you (see)………a small
black box.
8. When you (have) …………lunch, we’ll go for a walk.
9. When the bell rings, I (take)………….the meat out of the
oven.
10.I’ll bolt all the doors before I (go)………..to bed.
11.when we (see)………….the bridge, we’ll go to the museum.
12. We’ll stay up this tree till the dog (go) ………away.
13. He (not let)…………….out till you finish your homework.
14. As soon as I hear from him I (let)…………you know.
15.My father will be furious when he (see)…………..what you
have done.
16.These gates will remain shut until the train (pass)………
17.When he (sell)…………..all his newspapers he’ll go home.
18. That road will not be safe till the floods (subside)……..
19.When everybody (leave)………………the park, the park‐
keeper will lock the gates.
20.As soon as everybody goes to bed the mice (come)……….
Out of their holes.
The future tense is not used in the time clause, the
present is being used instead