4286 time linkers

TIME LINKERS
Join the 2 sentences in one using:
1. Finish your homework. Then you can go out.
You cannot go out ………………………

as soon as
by the time
(ever)since
(just) as
(just) before
until
when
while
whenever

2. Finish your homework. Then you can go out.
You can go out …………………………
3. He said goodbye to his children. Then he left.
He said goodbye ……………………………………….
4. We arrived late. Most of our friends had left.
Most of our friends ………………………………..
5. I left school. I came to work in this bank.
I’ve worked in this bank ………………………………..
6. Maria was cooking the dinner. We watched television.
We watched television …………………………………..
7. We started to eat. The telephone rang.
The telephone rang ……………………………………….
8. Cigarettes used to cost sixpence a packet. I can remember that.
I can remember …………………………………….
9. If I want to sit here. I will sit here.
I’ll sit ……………………………………………………

BY or UNTIL
1. I didn’t have my keys, so I couldn’t get in ………. Peter arrived.
2. You can’t legally drive a car ………… you’re 18.
3. Tom needs his CD-player next weekend, so I’ll give it back to
him ………. Friday.
4. We went on walking ……………. the night had fallen.
5. If we don’t pay all the bills we owe to the electricity board
………. the end of this month, our power supply will be cut off.


ANSWERS
1. You cannot go out until you finish your homework.
2. You can go out as soon as you finish your exercises.
3. He said goodbye just before he left.
4. Most of our friends had left by the time we arrived.
5. I’ve worked in this bank since I left school.
6. We watched television while she was cooking the dinner.
7. The telephone rang just as we started to eat.
8. I can remember when cigarettes used to cost sixpence a
packet.
9. I’ll sit whenever I want to.
BY or UNTIL
1. until
2. until
3. by
4. until
5. by