Time+Linkers

//I couldn't go out ////until //// I had done my homework. // //He sold his house ////before //// he left the country. // or if the second event occurred as a result of the first.  //When //// I realized what time it was, I ran outside. // //After //// he'd cleaned the house, he went shopping. // //We had lunch and ////afterwards //// we went for a walk. // //They sent the result slip in September and I received the certificate two months afterwards. // //<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 150%;">I've passed the FCE ////<span style="color: red; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 150%;">at last! ////<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 150%;"> I failed twice before! // //<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 150%;"> The car broke down several times on the way but we got there in the end. // <span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 150%;">NB //<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 150%;">eventually //<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 150%;">can also be used in this sentence. //<span style="color: red; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 150%;">At the end // <span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 150%;">means at the point when something finishes. //<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 150%;">Hand in your books at the end o f the lesson. // <span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 150%;">These can all be used with the past continuous to introduce an action which was already in progress when another action occurred. //<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 150%;">As/When/While ////<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 150%;">- ////<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 150%;">I was running, I saw a rabbit. // <span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 150%;">These are all used as prepositions when referring to time, and are followed by a noun. · //<span style="color: red; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 150%;">During // <span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 150%;">and //<span style="color: red; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 150%;">in // <span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 150%;">are used to say //<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 150%;">when //<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 150%;">something happened. //<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 150%;">It rained a lot **during**/ **in** the night. // · //<span style="color: red; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 150%;">For ////<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 150%;"> is //<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 150%;">used to say //how long// something took or lasted. //<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 150%;">We went to Spain **for** two weeks during the summer. // <span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.8pt; line-height: 150%;"> <span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.8pt; line-height: 150%;">
 * <span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 150%;">Time linkers **
 * <span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 150%;">1 The past perfect **<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 150%;"> is often used with time linkers, eg //<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 150%;">after, before, by the time, as soon as, once, when, until //
 * <span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 150%;">2 The past simple can be used if the order of events is clear: **
 * <span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 150%;">3 ****//<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 150%;">After/afterwards //**
 * //<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 150%;">After //**//<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 150%;"> is //<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 150%;">used to show the order of two or more events in the same sentence.
 * //<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 150%;">Afterwards //** <span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 150%;">means //<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 150%;">after that //<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 150%;">and can go at the beginning or the end of a clause.
 * <span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 150%;">4 ****//<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 150%;">At last/in the end/at the end //**
 * //<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 150%;">At last //** <span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 150%;">suggests that something good happens after a long period of time or more than one attempt.
 * //<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 150%;">In the end //** <span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 150%;">has a similar meaning and may also suggest there have been one or more changes or problems. The result may be good or bad. <span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; letter-spacing: 0.2pt;">(finalmente) <span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 150%;">
 * //<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 150%;">5 When/as/while //**
 * //<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 150%;">6 During/in/for //**