Choose the best answer to complete the sentence below.

I'm not leaving _______ I get an apology from you.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence below.

_______ Peter gets here, we will congratulate him.

4.2 Future time clauses

(Mệnh đề thời gian tương lai)

• We use present tenses instead of will or be going to in future time clauses after time conjunction such as after, as soon as, by the time, immediately, in case, once, the minute, the moment, until and when.

I’ll phone you as soon as we reach the hotel.

I’ll take an umbrella in case it rains.

He’ll let me know the minute he hears any news.

• We usually use the present perfect (not the future perfect) for actions that are complete in the future after future time clauses.

We’ll ring you as soon as we’ve got to the festival.

• We use the present continuous (not the future continuous) for actions in progress in the future after future time clauses.

I’ll ring you back when I’m sitting on the train.

Tạm dịch

• Chúng ta dùng thì hiện tại thay cho will hoặc be going to trong các mệnh đề thời gian trong tương lai sau khi kết hợp thời gian như sau, ngay khi, trước thời điểm, ngay lập tức, trong trường hợp, ngay khi, phút, thời điểm, cho đến khi và khi nào.

Tôi sẽ gọi điện cho bạn ngay khi chúng ta đến khách sạn.

Tôi sẽ mang theo một chiếc ô trong trường hợp trời mưa.

Anh ấy sẽ cho tôi biết ngay khi anh ấy nghe được bất kỳ tin tức nào.

• Chúng ta thường dùng thì hiện tại hoàn thành (không phải thì tương lai hoàn thành) cho những hành động hoàn thành trong tương lai sau các mệnh đề chỉ thời gian trong tương lai.

Chúng tôi sẽ gọi cho bạn ngay khi chúng tôi đến lễ hội.

• Chúng ta dùng thì hiện tại tiếp diễn (không phải thì tương lai tiếp diễn) cho những hành động đang diễn ra trong tương lai sau mệnh đề thời gian trong tương lai.

Tôi sẽ gọi lại cho bạn khi tôi ngồi trên tàu.

1  Choose the correct tense to complete the sentences.

(Chọn thì đúng để hoàn thành các câu.)

1  I’ll email you as soon as I’ll have got / I’ve got home.

2  He wants to go for a swim immediately, he’ll get / he gets to the beach.

3  We’ll think of you when we’re skiing / we’ll be skiing in Switzerland next week!

4  You can’t have an ice cream until you’re finishing / you finish your lunch!

5  They should study this lesson in case it’ll be / it’s in the test.

6  After we’ll have tidied / we’ve tidied our room, let’s go to the park.

7  Don’t forget to phone your cousin when you have / you’re going to have time.

2  Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

(Hoàn thành câu với dạng đúng của động từ trong ngoặc.)

1  I’ll call you later when I _________________(walk) to the bus stop.

2  By the time you _________________(get) her postcard she’ll probably be back home!

3  We should save some food in case we _________________(feel) hungry later.

4  As soon as he _________________(find) his jacket, he’ll meet us outside.

5  You are welcome to take photos while you _________________(visit) the museum.

6  Once the sun _________________(go) down, it will feel very cold.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence below.

_______ I visit him, we talk about politics a lot.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence below.

She went on crying, with her head sunk into a pillow, and cried and cried _______ the pillow was wet through.

I have not seen my dog _______ the storm struck the community.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence below.

I have been learning English _______ I was twenty years old.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence below.

I flew for the first time last year _______ I went to Brazil.

Since I _______ to the town, I _______ home.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence below.

The teacher _______ before we arrived.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence below.

I am going to speak with the boss when the meeting _______.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence below.

While she _______ breakfast, I set the table.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence below.

After Mariana _______ her exam, I _______ her out to eat.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence below.

Mrs. Pike _______ the door before the customers arrived.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence below.

Jones _______ after everyone _______.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence below.

We saw many beautiful birds _______ in the lake.

_______, Peter came to see me.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence below.

_______ my homework, I went to bed.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence below.

_______ the dance, Jerry said good-bye to his girlfriend.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence below.

Mary will have finished all her work _______.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence below.

_______ for my train the morning, I met an old school friend.

Adverbial clauses (comparison, manner & time) (Mệnh đề trạng ngữ so sánh, chỉ thái độ, chỉ thời gian)

5. Fill in each gap with before, after, when, as if/ as though, or as soon as.

(Điền vào mỗi chỗ trống với before, after, when, as if/as though hoặc as soon as.)

1. Something came up and they left _____ they came to the festival.

2. _____ I came to Katie's house yesterday afternoon, she was still decorating for the birthday party.

3. Matt had taken up dancing _____ he performed enthusiastically in the festival.

4. He's dancing _____ he was a professional dancer.

5. _____ she had taken a shower, she went to her friends' wedding anniversary.

5. Choose the correct option. (Chọn đáp án đúng.)

Harbin International Ice & Snow Sculpture Festival celebrates the Mid end of the summer in Brazil. The International Ice & Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin makes the most of the winter weather in China. The festival starts on the 5th January and lasts 1) _____ the beginning of February. The sculptures here are 2) ______ any other ice sculptures in the world. 3) ______ the sun sets, the Ice and Snow World opens with colourful lights that light up full-sized buildings made of ice 4) _____ the sun comes up the next day. So if you fancy braving the cold to see amazing ice sculptures, why not check it out?

1. A. until                    B. while                       C. after                        D. before

2. A. as large as           B. so large as               C. the largest               D. larger than

3. A. As though           B. As if                        C. As soon as              D. Until

4. A. while                   B. until                        C. after                        D. when

3.  Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.

(Hoàn thành câu thứ hai sao cho nó cùng nghĩa với câu thứ nhất.)

1. I think you should go home now.

It's time you went home.

2. I would like you to drive instead of me today.

I'd rather you ______ today.

3. I really should have set my alarm for 6.00 am. instead of 7.00 a.m.

If only _____ my alarm an hour earlier.

4. You haven't bought your girlfriend flowers for at least six months.

It's high time _____ flowers.

5. I regret that I didn't learn to swim when I was a child.

I wish I _____ when I was a child.

6. I'd prefer not to sit at the table right next to the entrance.

I’d rather _____ at the table right next to the entrance.