In Time: Time Clauses with When, Before, After

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A. Watch the movie segment and combine both sentences with before, after or when.

1. _______________ people are 25 years old, they stop aging.

2. _______________ they turn 25, they only have time to live one more year.

3. _______________ his mother's 50th anniversary, he bought a bottle of champagne.

4. _______________ he hugged his mother, he wished her happy birthday.

5. His mother gave him 30 minutes to eat a decent meal _______________ they held each other's arms

6. They will celebrate __________ he gets back.

7. The price of the coffee rose ______________ he decided to buy it.

8. People are paid ______________ they leave the workplace.

9. He was given a lot of time by a rich man ___________________ he woke up.

10. He woke up _________________ he became a millionaire, according the currency used - time.

1. What do you think about not aging when you turn 25. What are the advantages and disadvantages in the situation shown in the segment?

2. What would you do if you had very little time left for you? What would you do if had too much time left for you?

3. How different would life be if time were our currency?

4. What do you prefer? Life the way it is nowadays, including aging the way we do, or the way it is in the movie - not aging, but having limited time to survive? Explain it.

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Answer Key:


1. When
2. After/When
3. Before
4. When
5. When
6. When/After
7. Before
8. After/When
9. Before
10. After

Labor Pains: Adverb Clauses

This wonderful activity was provided by Patricia Faustino, a teacher at the Casa Thomas Jefferson, Brasilia, Brazil.

TIME	CONTRAST/OPPOSITION	REASON/PURPOSE
WHEN WHENEVER	ALTHOUGH EVEN THOUGH THOUGH	BECAUSE SINCE SO THAT

A. I. Watch the clip of `Labor Pains’ part 1 and fill in the blanks with one of the words or expressions above.

1. Thea’s boss was irritated ______________ she got to work 5 minutes late.

2. _______ Thea arrived late, her workmate made a comment about her alarm clock.

3. Thea brought her boss some coffee, he didn’t drink it ___________ . Greg had already gotten him some.

4. ____________ Thea had checked the Oxford dictionary; she had spelled a name incorrectly.

5. Thea has to wash her boss’s dog _____________ he rolled in poop again.

6. Thea feels she needs to wash her boss’s dog as many times as he asks __________ he excuses her for her mistakes and she keeps her job.

A. II. After watching the clip of `Labor Pains’ part 2, complete the sentences about the clip.

1.Thea only wants to take the dog to the veterinarian on Tuesday because _____________________________________

2. When her boss yells at her, Thea _________________________

3. Jerry, Thea’s boss, stands at the window in the bathroom so that ___________________________

4. Jerry opens the women’s bathroom door violently _________________

5. Thea says she is pregnant ___________________________________

6. Since Thea is pregnant, ___________________________

7. When Thea’s workmates hear that she is pregnant, _______________

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