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conjunctions: more practice

Tenses with time conjunctions. Put in the simple present or will__
► i 'lly h o n t . you when 1..?.r.C.Y.e......... . (phone; arrive)

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1 1 think 1...................... some tea before 1 .. ....................to bed. (have; go)
2 1.................... .. here until your father...................... (wait; arrive)
3 When you..... ................ again, Ann........................here, (come; be)
4 We................ .....sorry when Rachel........ ...............back home, (be; go)
5 After w e ....... ..............home 1................. ...... something for supper, (get; cook)
6 We................ .....your tickets as soon as w e........................the money, (send; receive)

7 1.................... .. very busy until the exams ...................... over, (be; be)
8 Before 1......... ............ to Tokyo, 1.............. .........some Japanese lessons, (go; take)
9 As soon as the rain...................... , 1......... .............shopping, (stop; go)
10 We................ .....breakfast after Luke .... ..................(have; get up)

^ Position of conjunctions. Put these sentences together in two ways.
► The weather's good. I go fishing at weekends, {if)

if the weather's, qood, I 0o fis h in g a t weekends.
I 0o fis h in g a t weekends If the weather's, good.^
1 The teacher was ill. The children had a holiday. (because)

2 I was in China. I made a lot of friends, (when)

3 They built the new road. It was difficult to get to our village, (until)

4 Jessica wrote three letters. Dylan never answered. (although)

5 I phoned him. The work was finished, (os soon as)

^ Double conjunctions. Make sentences with both ... and, either... or or neither... nor.
1 I (swim Q play tennis ) ..........................................................................................................
2 He(//ves/works) in Birmingham................................................................................................
3 My father speaks (Greek 9 French Q )......................................................................................
4 She likes (pop music ^ jazzO)................................................................................................

5 You can have (orangejuice/ water)............................................................................................
6 lean (sing B dance B)............................................................................................................
7 He's (Scottish / Irish)...................................................................................................................
8 He's studying (physics Q biology Q )........................................................................................
9 This sofa is (nice-looking Bl comfortable B).............................................................................
10 Anna (looked at Henry B spoke to him B)................................................................................

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