 When we describe events and actions expected to take place in the future, we use future tenses. Remember we have simple future, future progressive and future perfect tenses.

 But what happens when you’re trying to express an action that will take place in the future but another action has to happen first for the other one to occur? That’s when we use…

Let’s start with some examples

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As soon as

she ’ll make Margaret coffee. gets dressed,  I ’ll stay with you

until

comes.

Mrs. Patterson 

When

the movie finishes , they ’ll go out to eat for dinner.

What is a Clause?

 a

clause

is a pair or group of words that consist of a subject and a predicate. That gives additional information. MAIN SENTENCE  Example: I’ll meet your girlfriend when the course starts. ADITIONAL INFORMATION

In this kind of sentences…

Main Clause

 A main clause can stand alone as a sentence.

The main clause has the verb in future tense.  Example: I 'll be in your home when I finish my work. Main clause Future

Future Time Clause

 Time Clause: they can`t be alone as a sentence, it is used to mark the time when an action is going to happen.

The future time clause is the part of the sentence that has the verb in present tense. Example: I'll be in your home when I finish my work. Time clause Present

Why are time expressions necessary in the use of future time clauses?

 They’re necessary because they mark how the actions are going to take place. And second, they are use to indentify what action is going to take place first, last or might at the same time.

(when, after, as soon as, until, if )

Differences

MAIN CLAUSE

 Has the verb in future tense.

 Can stand alone as a sentence.  It doesn’t have a time expression.  it doesn’t determine order of the actions.

TIME CLAUSE

 Has the verb in present tense.  It can’t stand alone as a sentence.  It has a time expression.  It does determine the order of the actions.

How is it form ?

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Put the verb in present after the time expression: (when, after, as soon as, until, if )

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Put the other verb in future tense. Karen will look for a new job as soon as she has time. As soon as she has time, Karen will look for a new job. Be careful when you put the time clause first you’ll need to put a coma between it and the main clause.

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Note _ the world if isn’t a time expression it is use at the same way of the other but when it is use it turns in a conditional clause.

Names & Codes & Grade & Section.

 Kevin Barrientos # 6  André de Suremain # 14  Victor Gudiel # 22  Raul Molina # 30  Jose Velasquez # 38  4to “C”