Transcript Future Time Clauses

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Future Time
Clauses
Dreams for the
Future
Focus on Grammar 3
Part I, Unit 7
By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and BJ Wells
Copyright © 2006. Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
Future Dreams 1
I’m going to be an astronaut when I grow up.
Future Dreams 2
Before we have a baby,
we’ll buy a bigger house.
Future Dreams 3
I won’t quit my job until I win the lottery.
Future Dreams 4
After we retire, we’re going to travel.
Form
A complex sentence about future time has two
clauses: a main clause and a time clause.
I’m going to be an astronaut when I grow up.
Main Clause
Time Clause
Main Clause
The verb in the main clause is often in the
future.
MAIN CLAUSE
TIME
CLAUSE
Subject
Will or
be + going to
Verb
(base
form)
Other
information
We
will
buy
a house
before we
have a baby.
He
won’t
quit
his job
until he wins
the lottery.
We
are going to
travel
after we
retire.
Time Clause
The verb in the time clause is often in the
present.
TIME CLAUSE
MAIN CLAUSE
Subject
Verb
( present)
Other
information
Before
we
have
a baby
Until
he
wins
the lottery
After
we
retire
Time
word
we will buy a
house.
he won’t quit his
job.
we are going to
travel.
Be Careful!
Don’t use will or be going to in the future
time clause.
X
When
I will
save
enough
money,
going
buy
a car.
When
I save
enough
money,
I’mI’m
going
to to
buy
a car.
Clause Order 1
Time clauses can come at the beginning or end
of sentences.
I’m going to be an astronaut when I grow up.
Time Clause
Before we have a baby, we’ll buy a bigger house.
Time Clause
Use a comma only when the time clause
begins the sentence.
Clause Order 2
When she finishes school, she’ll join the Peace Corps.
Time Clause
(present)
Main Clause
(future)
I won’t get married until I meet the right person.
Main Clause
(future)
Time Clause
(present)
As soon as they graduate, they’ll look for a job.
Time Clause
(present)
Main Clause
(future)
Time Expressions 1
when
after
not . . . until
as soon as
Introduce the
first event
When they save money, they’ll buy a new car.
now
past
future
Practice 1
Put the verbs in the correct
tense. Add commas where
necessary.
Example: After he (graduate) ___ he (go) ___ to law school.
After he graduates, he’ll go to law school.
1. They (own) __ a house by the time they (be) ___ married.
They will own a house by the time they are married.
2. She (not/start) __ her own business until she (get) ___ more
experience.
She won’t start her own business until she gets more experience.
3. As soon as he (become) __ manager he (take) __ a vacation.
As soon as he becomes manager, he’s going to take a vacation.
Time Expressions 2
before
until
by the time
Introduce the
second event
Before he gets married, he’ll find a good job.
now
past
future
Practice 2
Combine the sentences using
the time word provided. In each
pair, A is the first event.
Example: A. The children will go to college.
B. She will go back to school.
[as soon as]
As soon as the children go to college, she’ll go back to school.
1.
A. You will finish your exams.
B. We will (not) celebrate.
[until]
We won’t celebrate until you finish your exams.
2.
A. My brother will buy a new suit.
B. He will go on an interview.
[before]
My brother will buy a new suit before he goes on an interview.
3.
A. She will pass the driving test.
B. She will borrow the family car.
[after]
After she passes the driving test, she will borrow the family car.
References
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