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Relative Clauses of Time: A Night When I Have Fun With My Friends

Relative clauses of time refer to a time mentioned previously and are usually introduced by a form of the verb "to be". Examples include: 1) February 14th is the day when people give cards to the ones they love. 2) Christmas is the night when people celebrate Jesus' birthday. 3) Whenever he is in town, he visits us.

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Relative Clauses of Time: A Night When I Have Fun With My Friends

Relative clauses of time refer to a time mentioned previously and are usually introduced by a form of the verb "to be". Examples include: 1) February 14th is the day when people give cards to the ones they love. 2) Christmas is the night when people celebrate Jesus' birthday. 3) Whenever he is in town, he visits us.

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RELATIVE CLAUSES OF TIME

Relative clauses of time refer to a time (date or moment) previously mentioned. Relative
Las clausulas relativas de tiempo se refieren a un tiempo, fecha o momento, previamente
mencionado. clauses of time are usually introduced by the verb “to be”.
Las clausulas relativas de tiempo son generalmente presentadas por el verbo “to be (ser, estar o tener)”.

February 14th isthe day when people give cards to the ones they love.

Date be relative clause

New Year’s Eveis a night when I have fun with my friends.


Momentbe relative clause

Now complete the following dates or moments:


Christmas is the night when people celebrate Jesus’ birthday. M

March18th is the day when people celebrate the oil expropriation.

November 20th is the day when people celebrate Mexican Revolution.

Children’s day children's rights are celebrated

Mother’s day is the day when people give gifts to their mothers

3rd. Sunday of June is the day when people celebrate father’s day

ADVERBIAL CLAUSES OF TIME


Time clauses are subordinate clauses and usually go with a main clause. When the time clause
Las clausulas de tiempo son clausulas subordinadas y generalmente van con una clausula principal. Cuando
la precedes the main clause, a comma is used.
clausula de tiempo va antes de la clausula principal se usan comas.
Time clauses follow the rule of the sequence of tenses. That is, when the verb of the main
Las clausulas de tiempo siguen las reglas de la secuencia de tiempos. Esto es, cuando el verbo de la
clausula clause is in a present or future form, the verb of the time clause is in a present form.
When the principal esta en presente o futuro, el verbo de la clausula de tiempo esta en presente.
Cuando el verbo
verb of the main clause is in a past form, the verb of the time clause is in a past form too.
de la clausula principal esta en pasado, el verbo de la clausula de tiempo esta en pasado también.

Main clause Time clause


He visits us whenever he is in town.

Whenever he is in town O, he visits us.


Time clause Main clause
There are other time clauses that you don’t know or maybe you do but with a different
Hay otras clausulas de tiempo que no conoces o quizás las conoces pero con una función
gramatical grammatical function, here they are:
diferente, aquí te las mostramos:
As (como) No sooner …than (no antes de)
As soon as (tan pronto como) Since (desde entonces)
As long as (en tanto que) The sooner (lo más pronto)
By the time (cuando, en el momento) Till/until (hasta)
The moment that (en el momento en que) Whenever (cuando sea)
Once (una vez que) While (mientras, en tanto que)
Hardly…when (apenas… cuando) The first/last/next time (la primera/última/próxima)
Immediately (inmediatamente, tan pronto como)

These are sentences from your book. Do you remember them?

When people get married in Japan, they sometimes have the ceremony at a shrine.
After the food is served, the guests give speeches or sing songs.
Before the guests leave, the bride and groom give them presents.

Read the sentences and match the two columns:

A. Can you buy me a cartoon of orange juice 1. She takes off her shoes.

B. Tidy your bedroom. 2. Turn the lights off.

C. When we go to a party 3. They always do the homework.

D. before you go to bed 4. After he gets up.

E. After they eat 5. When you go shopping, please?

F. When she gets home 6. We take a gift with us.

G. He takes a shower 7. Before you go out to play.

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