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TEDU ELS 2023-2024 Module 4 Spring Term

Upper-Intermediate Level

UPPER-INTERMEDIATE LEVEL EXTRA PRACTICE MATERIAL


FUTURE TIME CLAUSES

A. Complete the short story below with the given phrases (a-e).

“Tom is a wealthy businessman who is planning to open a new factory to produce plastic bottles. He has
planned the whole thing; He is going to buy a large area in the middle of a forest near a river, he is going to
clear the forest to build his factory, he is going to burn fossil fuels to produce plastic, he’s going to dump the
waste into the river but he doesn’t know that his actions will have great impact on the environment:
- The forest animals will lose their habitat 1 .
- His factory will start releasing greenhouse gases and toxic particles into the atmosphere
2 .
- He will dump plastic waste into the river 3 .
- The people in nearby towns will get sick 4 .
- His factory will continue to harm the environment 5 .”

a) after the waste reaches the ones who get their drinking water from the river
b) as soon as he opens the factory and starts burning fossil fuels
c) until he takes the necessary precautions
d) when he starts cutting trees and clearing the forest to build his factory
e) before he pollutes the water and possibly kill all the fish

B. Figure it Out!

Look at the sentences in the box in part A and the table below, and choose the correct option to complete
the rules (1-4).

Main clause Time Clause


What are you going to do when you get home?
I’m going to buy Larry a present before I go to his birthday party.
We will go out for a walk after it stops raining.
John will start looking for a job as soon as he graduates from university.
Jane’s mother won’t let her watch TV until she finishes her homework.

Time clause Main Clause


When summer holidays arrive, we will go somewhere with a beach.
Before I go to his birthday party, I’m going to buy Larry a present.
After it stops raining, we will go out for a walk.
As soon as he graduates from university, John will start looking for a job.
Until she finishes her homework, Jane’s mother won’t let her watch TV.

1. We use / don’t use the future tense with the main clause.

2. In the time clause, we use Simple Present Tense / Future Tense after conjunctions such as
“when”, “before”, “after”, “as soon as” and “until”.

3. We can / can’t change the sentence order by putting the time clause before the main clause.

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TEDU ELS 2023-2024 Module 4 Spring Term
Upper-Intermediate Level

4. We put / don’t put a comma between the two clauses when we start a sentence with the time
clause.

C. Make sentences using the correct forms of the verbs.

1. I / call / you / as soon as / I / arrive

2. Robert / see / the Pyramids / when / he / go / to Egypt

3. Laila / stay in bed / until / she / feel / better

4. you / turn off / the lights / before / you / leave / ?

5. The athletes / feel / exhausted / after / they / finish / the marathon

6. Joe / work / until / he / retire

7. When / this term / finish / we / have / a long holiday

8. James / not buy / a car / until / he / have / enough / money

Check what you have learned:


Look at the objective below and put a tick if you think you are able to do them.

√ Objective GSE Skill


Can use conjunctions such as 'when' and 'before' with
48 Grammar
the present simple, with future reference.

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