This lesson contains 19 slides, with text slides and 2 videos.
Lesson duration is: 60 min
Items in this lesson
Linking words and time expressions
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While and when are used to link two sentences describing events taking place at the same time
While the astronauts were collecting specimens on the Moon, they found some interesting rocks.
David became interested in psychology when he was in high school.
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After, as soon as, before and when are used to link two sentences describing events taking place one after another:
ex. After Mark spent hours observing the work of archaeologists, he realised how important their job is.
ex. I checked the price of the new smartphone before I bought it.
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ex. As soon as Ann published the photos of her new experiments on social media, she got a lot of positive comments.
ex. When Sarah received text messages asking for the password to her account, she deleted them straight away.
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Linkers and time expressions are followed by nouns or noun phrases: during the holidays, for twenty-two days, until (till) late evening, by the end of the century.
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During refers to a period of time:
ex. The linguist explored several languages during his stay in India.
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Until and till refer to a point in time:
ex. We didn’t do many experiments in chemistry classes until (till) last year.
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By, when used with a noun, refers to an event which is happening or which happened before a particular point in time:
ex. By the time we got home, we were tired and hungry.
Lesson duration is: 60 min
