B116 questions · Intermediate · Conjunctions, Clauses and Linking
Adverbial Clauses Exercises with Answers
Clauses of time, reason, purpose and contrast, and the unless, even though and in order to that introduce them. Where a sentence starts carrying an argument.
Lessons on this topic
- Because and So
Because and so in stories about the past: swapping because for so, a subject in both halves, answering Why, and choosing so or but.
- Conjunctions: And, But, Or, Because
How and, but and or join equal parts, how because opens a clause that answers why, and the reason with so, and the double connector that English never allows.
- Future Time Clauses: When, As Soon As, Until, Before, After
After when, as soon as, until, before and after, use the present simple for the future. The other clause keeps will. Commas, examples and mistakes.
- Past Simple vs. Past Continuous
How to choose between the past simple and the past continuous: an action cut short, two actions at once, a sequence of events, and when vs. while.
- Verb + To Infinitive or -ing
Which verbs take to + verb and which take -ing: want, decide and would like to; enjoy, finish and mind doing; and to + verb for a purpose.
