Grammar in Progress

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Exercises 1

1 until

2 when

3 as soon as

4 since

5 by the time

6 as soon as

7 after

8 till

 

Exercise 2

1 till

2 by the time

3 as soon as

4 after

5 once

6 as

7 as long as

8 before

9 as

10 until

 

Exercise 3

1 as soon as

2 before

3 when

4 when

5 after

 

Exercise 5

1 By the time I've finished I will devote myself only to training

2 Just as my teacher walked in I was painting with chalk on the blackboard

3 She'll be sorry when she realizes those she thinks are friends talk behind her back

4 It's not that cold once we turn on the radiators and close the windows

5 The horse galloped away as soon as it hearted the shot in the distance

6 Rudy will talk about music until he realizes he is boring everyone

7 Don't leave after eating all that stuff, you will get congestion !

8 June was running for the bus when

 

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Exercise 6

1 until

2 as long as

3 until

4 as long as

5 while

6 until

 

Exercise 7

1 then

2 finally

3 in the meantime

4 in the end

5 at first

6 after a while

7 till

8 the moment that, since

9 as long as

10 ever since

 

Exercise 8

1 at first Connie and Steve were classmates but they didn't like each other.

2 then they began to study together and afterwards they got engaged.

3 later on Steven asked Liam, his stepbrother, to be his best man.

4 some time later they decided to get married in the church where Connie's parents had got married.

5 in the meantime Connie asked Camille, her stepsister, to be her bridesmaid.

6 Connie and Steven were very worried that Camille and Liam wouldn't accept their proposal.

7 finally they accepted saying the two extended families were happy for their relationship.

8 in the end in wedding took part about 300 Connie and Steven's relatives, colleagues and close friends.

 

Exercise 10

1 Just when I was about to fall asleep, the phone rang.

2 Once you know English well, you will be my guide in London.

3 As soon as the race ended, the public began to enter the circuit to see better the prize giving ceremony.

4 After I finished scrubbing the floor, I dropped a bottle full of olive oil and I had to wash the floor again.

5 Wake me up before you leave home, so we can have breakfast together!

6 Yesterday was by far the beast day of my life. I'll 'remember it as long as I live !

 

7 When I went to school as a child, I always met a tall and elegant lady. Then, suddenly, I didn't see her anymore. Some time later, I met her again and I found out that she was our principal's wife.

8 At first Michela wouldn't tell us where she was going for her honeymoon. Then she told us that it was a very original journey. She finally told us she was going to Tibet... and her boyfriend knew nothing!

 

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Exercise 11

1 because

2 owing to

3 given

4 because of

5 due to

6 having

 

Exercise 12

1 due to

2 as I have

3 of the fact

4 being afraid

5 because of

6 owing to

 

Exercise 15

1 I missed the bus yesterday because I woke up too late

2 Since the hotel was very nice, we decided to spend two more nights

3 As everyone said that house was full of ghosts, no one wanted to buy it

4 Given your love of swimming, you could build a nice pool in your garden

5 I couldn't send any e-mail due to a blackout that lasted all afternoon yesterday

6 Having lost my credit card, I went to the bank to block it

7 Michele's victory is due of the fact he's been training a lot for months

8 Because of the earthquake, many people saw their homes collapse

 

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Exercise 17

1 so

2 such

3 Therefore

4 as a result

5 so few

6 so

 

Exercise 18

1 ice cap, as a consequence

2 so many, air

3 such an, heatwaves

4 such a lot of, tornadoes

5 so, tsunami

6 Therefore, erupting

 

Exercise 19

1 Cloud was alone for three hours so nobody controlled him

2 As a result he destroyed three woollen cushions of the sofa

3 There were so many objects all around the room that you couldn't walk into it

4 Cloud played so much with the potting compost that the floor was all dirty

5 He opened so many drawers that all the knives and forks were on the floor

6 All the house was such in a mess that Jackie almost faint

7 Jackie is a very tidy woman. Therefore she was furious and she was shouting

8 When Jackie was shouting, Cloud was so frightened that it pee on the carpet