The second edition of UUEG was thoroughly reviewed by twenty-five ESIVEFL professionals. Their reviews were outstandingly helpful in their insights and suggestions. I studied the reviews with great care, and they greatly influenced the revision in matters large and small. | EXERCISE 7. Preview of Chart 5-2. Directions Complete the sentences with your own words. Then put brackets around the adverb clause in each sentence. 1. I will call you before I oyev . 2. Last night I went to bed after I my homework. 3. Tonight I will go to bed after I my homework. 4. Ever since I was a child I afraid of dogs. 5. Jane s contact lens popped out while she basketball. 6. Be sure to reread your composition for errors before you it in to the teacher tomorrow. 7. By the time I left my apartment this morning the mail carrier the mail. 8. I have known Jim Bates since he ten years old. 9. A black cat ran across the road as I my car to work this morning. 10. By the time I leave this city I here for four months. 11. Whenever Mark angry his nose gets red. 12. I to the beach whenever the weather was nice but now I don t have time to do that because I have to study. 13. We will have a big party when_ 14. The next time I to Hawaii I m going to visit Mauna Loa the world s largest active volcano. 15. I had fried chicken the last time I at that restaurant. Adverb Clauses of Time and Review of Verb Tenses 71 5-2 USING ADVERB CLAUSES TO SHOW TIME RELATIONSHIPS after a After she graduates she will get a job. b After she had graduated she got a job. A present tense not a future tense is used in an adverb clause of time as in examples a and c . See Chart 4-3 p. 55 for tense usage in future time clauses. before c I will leave before he comes. d I had left before he came. when e When I arrived he was talking on the phone. f When I got there he had already left. g When it began to rain I stood under a tree. h When I was in Chicago I visited the museums. i When 1 see him tomorrow I will ask him. when at that time Notice the different time relationships expressed by the tenses. while as j While I was walking home it began to rain k As I was walking home it began to rain. while as during that time by the time 1 By the time he .
