Time Clauses

By: Teacher Alejandra Reza V.

 By the time: Para el momento en que

GRAMMAR: The Moment: En el instante en que

Before: Antes de / Antes que

Once: Una vez que

After: Después de que

As soon as: Tan pronto como, apenas, no bien

Until: Hasta
GRAMMAR:

• ONCE / AS SOON AS: when one event happens, another event happens soon afterward.
 EXAMPLES:
 Once Sarah learned a little Spanish, she was able to talk to her neighbors, the Delgados.
 As soon as you’re hired for your first job, you feel more confident.

• THE MOMENT: a particular point of time when two events happen together.
 EXAMPLES:
 The moment John got married, he felt like an adult.
GRAMMAR:

• UNTIL: to that time and then no longer.

 EXAMPLES:
Until I met Donna, I hadn’t known what friendship was.

• BY THE TIME: one event is completed before another event.

 EXAMPLES:
By the time I graduated, I had already found a good job.
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THANKS!!!