Writing Academic English 4th Edition

212 Partnl ISentenceStructure

PRA.CT1CE 1

TimeClauses

Atimeclauseis introducedbyoneofthesubordinatorsinthefollowingchart.

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when:a specifictime Whenpeoplehadtohuntforfood,theymovedfrom

placetoplace.

whenever:atanytime Wheneverfoodbecamescarceinonearea,theymoved

toanotherarea.

while:atthesametime Themenhuntedgamewhilethewomengatheredplants.

assoonas:soonafter Eatinghabitschangedas.soonaspeoplestoppedmoving

fromplacetoplaceinsearchoffood.

after:later Afterpeoplelearnedhowtogrowtheirownfood,they

settledinvillages.

since:fromthattime SincetheUnitedStateschangedfromanagriculturaltoan

industrialsociety,eatinghabitstherehavechanged.

as:atthesametime Peoplein theUnitedStatesstartedeatingmoreprocessed

conveniencefoodsastheirlivesbecamebusier.

before:earlier BeforepeopleintheUnitedStatesmovedtocities,they

grewmostoftheirownfood.

until:uptothetime Womenhadtimetocookmeals"fromscratch"juntilthey

wenttoworkinfactoriesandoffices.

A. Step 1 Formanadverbtimeclausebyaddinga timesubordinatortothe

appropriatesentenceineachpair.Usea different timesubordinatorin

eachclause.

Step 2 Writea newsentencebycombiningtheadverbclausewiththe

independentclauseineachpair.Adda commaifnecessary.Writeyour

sentencesona separatesheetofpaper.

Step 3 Copyyoursentencestomakea paragraphonthelinesprovidedon

page 213 andcirclethesubordinators.

Thefirstonehasbeendoneforyouasanexample.

1. Everyoneshouldknowwhattodo.Anearthquakestrikes.


2. Ifyouareinside,moveawayfromwindows,andgetundera deskortable,
   orstandina doorway.Youfeelthefloorbegintoshake.


3. Trytostaycalm.Theearthquakeishappening.


4. Donotmove.Thefloorstopsshaking.

Ifromscratch:notusingconveniencefoods(suchascakemixes)thathavebeenpreviouslyprepared