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Complex sentences with time clauses. Using before, after, when and while. Using Before and After. time clause main clause Before I came to class , I drank a cup of coffee. main clause time clause We went to the cafeteria after we finished our test. time clause
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Complex sentences with time clauses Using before, after, when and while
Using Before and After time clausemain clause • Before I came to class, I drank a cup of coffee. main clausetime clause • We went to the cafeteria after we finished our test.
time clause • After the children got home from school, they had a snack. • time clause • I like to exercise before I eat breakfast. • Time clause • We left the park after it started to rain.
Using When and While • I was studying when you called me last night. • When Rebecca was in high school, she enjoyed playing soccer. • When the rain finally stopped, we took a long walk.
Simple past and past progressive • My neighbor knocked on our front door while we were eating dinner last night. • While I was riding my bike to school two weeks ago, I saw a coyote in the fields behind Napa College. • Last night, while my wife and I werecleaning the kitchen, my daughter wasdoing her homework.