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TIME CLAUSE

TIME CLAUSE
• Adverbial clauses of time consist of two clauses: the
main clause and the time clause.
• The time clauses begin with: when, whenever, while,
as, since, after, before, until, as soon as, once. 
TIME PHRASES TIME CLAUSE MAIN CLAUSE
Sequence Before I got a job I was completely broke
After I got a job I wasn’t poor anymore

Same Time Once I got a job I started making money


The moment I got a job I told my parent
As soon as I got a job I needed celebrated with my friends

Sequence with Until I got a job I never used a suit


Past Perfect By the time I got the job I have applied to many places
Short Quiz: Choose the appropriate time clause for
the sentence.
When wheneverwhile as
since after before until
as soon as once

1.  I have been studying English 2010.


2. He will tell us he gets the news.
3. He will wait at the school you come.
4. I was doing my homework, he finished dinner.
5. Always lock the door you leave.
RELATIVE CLAUSE
RELATIVE CLAUSE
▪ Is one kind of dependent clause. It has a subject and verb, but
can’t stand alone as a sentence. It is sometimes called an
“adjective clause” because it functions like an adjective—it gives
more information about a noun.
▪ A relative clause always begins with a “relative pronoun,” which
substitutes for a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun when sentences
are combined.
STANDS
She USES Examples
FOR
Who People substitutes for subject nouns/pronouns (he, I like the person. 
she, we, they) The person was nice to me.
I like the person who was nice to me.
My mother is thinking of opening a
restaurant.
My mother is an excellent cook.
My mother, who is an excellent cook,
is thinking of opening a restaurant.

Whom people substitutes for object nouns/pronouns (him, She is the woman whom I meet in
her, us, them) Greece
STANDS
PRONOUN USES Examples
FOR
Whose People or substitutes for possessive nouns/pronouns He knew the family whose house we
things (his, hers, our, their) bought

That People or can be used for either subject or object I’m planning to grow roses that I find
things quite beautiful.
can only be used in restrictive/defining
relative clauses I like the paintings that hang in the
church.
Which Things can be used for either subject or object Do you see the cat which is laying on
the roof
can be used in non-restrictive/non-defining
relative clauses My blue lamp, which was in the room,
was broken.
can also be used in restrictive/defining
relative clauses
The horse which Mary was riding is
very friendly.
Short Quiz: Choose the appropriate relative clause
for the sentence.
Whom Which That
Who Whose

1.  Sam knows a man brother works for the President.


2. I visited my uncle lives in a different city.
3. The movie we watch last week won three awards.
4. Can find the teacher that you talked about this morning?
5. The cookies you baked are really delicious.

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