This presentation includes grammar explanation, examples and a little activity.

1. María José Carmelo
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2. *The objective of this presentation
is for the students to comprehend
and apply correctly “adverb
clauses of time”.
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3. *Adverb clauses provide additional
information about how something is
done.
* They are much like adverbs in that
they tell the
reader when, why or how someone
did something.
*All clauses contain a subject and a
verb.
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4. *
*'When means 'at that moment, at
that time, etc.'.
It is important to remember that
'when' takes either the simple past OR
the present

5. *
*He was talking on the phone when I
arrived.
*When she called, he had already
eaten lunch.
*I washed the dishes when my
daughter fell asleep.
*We'll go to lunch when you come to
visit.

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*'Before' means 'before that
moment'. It is important to
remember that 'before' takes
either the simple past OR the
present.

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*We will finish before he arrives.
*She (had) left before I
telephoned.

8. *
*'After' means 'after that
moment'.
* It is important to remember
that 'after' takes the present
for future events and the past
OR past perfect for past
events.

9. *
*We will finish after he comes.
*She ate after I (had) left.

10. *Fill in the blanks with the corresponding
adverb (answer them in you notebook
and present it to the teacher):
*She cleaned her face __________ she
went to bed.
*The ambulance arrived at the scene
five minutes __________ the accident
had happened.
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11. *__________ I am older, I want to start my
own business.
*They took short breaks every half an
hour __________ they were playing
tennis.
*Rebecca went to bed __________ she
got home because she was so tired.
*People should be very careful
__________ they cross busy roads.

12. *Kenneth, B. (n.d.). Using Adverb Clauses
with Time Expressions. Retrieved October 1,
2014, from
http://esl.about.com/od/grammaradvance
d/a/adverb_clauses.htm
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